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I have to wonder: To what extent is the development of this Trope a matter of not fighting \'\'alongside us\'\'? (The \
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I have to wonder: To what extent is the development of this Trope a matter of not fighting \\\'\\\'alongside us\\\'\\\'? (The \\\"us\\\" in this case being England and America) The attitude of France with regards to NATO actions, combined with the enmity between du Gaulle and Churchill bordering on EnemyMine levels, suggests that it\\\'s more of an \\\"If I can\\\'t lead, then I won\\\'t play\\\" attitude than a \\\"[[ActualPacifist War is Bad]]\\\" attitude. (Not that other nations don\\\'t have [[NotSoDifferent the same]] [[MisplacedNationalism problem]].)
EDIT: Incidentally, most of France\\\'s colonies [[EarnYourHappyEnding had Wars of Independence]]. England, meanwhile, learned a good deal from [[TheAmericanRevolution Washington\\\'s]] [[Anime/CodeGeass Rebellion]] and tried to make amicable splits with their remaining colonies, which they did \\\'\\\'a majority of the time\\\'\\\'.
EDIT: Incidentally, most of France\\\'s colonies [[EarnYourHappyEnding had Wars of Independence]]. England, meanwhile, learned a good deal from [[TheAmericanRevolution Washington\\\'s]] [[Anime/CodeGeass Rebellion]] and tried to make amicable splits with their remaining colonies, which they did \\\'\\\'a majority of the time\\\'\\\'.
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I have to wonder: To what extent is the development of this Trope a matter of not fighting \'\'alongside us\'\'?[[note]]The \
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I have to wonder: To what extent is the development of this Trope a matter of not fighting \\\'\\\'alongside us\\\'\\\'? (The \\\"us\\\" in this case being England and America) The attitude of France with regards to NATO actions, combined with the enmity between du Gaulle and Churchill bordering on EnemyMine levels, suggests that it\\\'s more of an \\\"If I can\\\'t lead, then I won\\\'t play\\\" attitude than a \\\"[[ActualPacifist War is Bad]]\\\" attitude. (Not that other nations don\\\'t have [[NotSoDifferent the same]] [[MisplacedNationalism problem]].)
