When is the last time the French military did anything besides surrender?
France contributed about 18,000 troops to the U.S.-led coalition in the Persian Gulf War, helping free Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.
Although France opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq because it lacked a UN mandate, it later sent hundreds of military personnel, aircraft, and training units to Iraq and Syria as part of the international coalition against ISIS.
In Afghanistan, France joined the U.S.-led coalition and NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, deploying tens of thousands of troops over the campaign, mainly for counterinsurgency and training missions.
During the 2011 military intervention in Libya, France worked with the U.S. and the U.K. to carry out air and naval strikes that helped bring down Gaddafi’s regime.