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That was known on day 1
Whatever made us throw France under the bus must have been pretty fucking good and also had nothing to do with Subs.
US interference in the form of diplomatic extortion is my bet.
As soon as I read "diesel," I guessed that.
A variety of reasons including, rather ironically, concerns about delays: https://www.politico.eu/article/why-australia-wanted-out-of-its-french-sub-deal/
Even more ironic is a bunch of the delays were caused by Australia demanding the French change the designs from nuclear to diesel
Mostly the conservatives being unable to think beyond Bush-era “cheese-eating surrender monkeys” stereotypes, I’d bet
It was scomo he’s a dumb cunt
On an unrelated matter. France needs to be thrown under the bus from time to time. They need the constant pressure of revolution to function properly.
Looking at the last 250 years of history, FTFY