Thanks for posting this piece; it is always a good thing to hear from those with their 'boots on the ground' so to speak.
FWIW - I dealt with the French army during DS1 while assigned to the embassy in Bonn and in moving troops/material to the Balkans, Provide Comfort, and Somalia while with the ACSCMO at 21st TAACOM. It was my experience that their news media and politicians--much like ours--said one thing while the people we worked with at the operational levels of the Ministry of Defense and LOGCOM-Metz were embarassed by it all and supported us wholeheartedly.
Richard's $.02 
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