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France has authorised United States forces to use French military bases during the conflict involving Iran, according to a report by BFMTV.

The broadcaster said the decision would allow US armed forces access to facilities on French territory as the war continues to expand across the region.

Officials at the French Ministry of Armed Forces did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the report.

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[โ€“] Chais@sh.itjust.works 19 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Didn't Macron just praise Spain for denying them the same thing?

[โ€“] umbrella@lemmy.ml 16 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Chais@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago

Maybe even hipocracy.

[โ€“] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That was before the pictures of his children at school were sent to him.

[โ€“] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 6 points 20 hours ago

Nah, all they had to do was say "bark"

[โ€“] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago

Death to France.

[โ€“] davel@lemmy.ml 10 points 19 hours ago

Looks like French fries are back on the menu, boys!

[โ€“] Hestia@hexbear.net 15 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

How many countries have to be involved for it to be considered a world war?

[โ€“] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 27 points 20 hours ago

There has to be white people on both sides.

[โ€“] huf@hexbear.net 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

you have to have at least two major powers in it on opposite sides, i think. and it cant be a proxy war, even a half-proxy war like ukraine.

but we're getting there.

edit: alternatively, when whitey says so.

[โ€“] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

europe and russia are major powers i reckon?

[โ€“] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 20 hours ago

europe is fully vassalized to the US and not a separate power bloc. their only tentative bid for some independence has just been thoroughly demolished in the last few years. this war is making things even worse for them.

and europe is only fighting this war through the ukrainian proxy, not directly anyway.

[โ€“] lmdnw@lemmy.world 18 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like the French got their knee pads on to service Trump and Netanyahu.

[โ€“] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 18 points 22 hours ago

The French ruling class has plenty of interest in this on their own, western governments are kind of like the guys with the brushes in curling, and transnational corporations are the stone

Vassals doing vassal things

[โ€“] greyscale 8 points 21 hours ago
[โ€“] rolandtb303@lemmy.ml 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

hope they're ready for missiles to come down on them

[โ€“] tesseract@beehaw.org 2 points 20 hours ago

I don't think those missiles fly that far. Nevertheless, this is an absurd move after learning first hand what the Trump-Epstein regime is like.