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   juliette (juliette@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 00:38:02 JST juliette

   JD Vance dismissed France and the UK as "some random countries that haven't fought wars for 30-40 years." That will be news to the families of the 89 French soldiers and 457 British soldiers who died in Afghanistan after responding to the only time NATO Article 5 was ever invoked - by the United States.

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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 06:55:44 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @juliette what is a france
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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 08:49:45 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     👉JD Vance and #Geopolitics👈
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     s/: #JDVance is still quite new to the job of #Veep. Also, he only earned a bachelor's degree in political sciences from #OhioState, back in 2009. A long time ago for such an illustrious man.
     How could #Vance still know what #JamesDavidHamel, as he was known back then, should have known as an undergraduate: /s

     "*What is the history of #French intervention in Africa?*

     👉#France intervened militarily in #Africa nineteen times between 1962-1995.👈

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 08:50:38 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     👉JD Vance and Geopolitics👈

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     ...Most of the operations were ostensibly to protect French nationals or subdue uprisings against legitimate governments. Yet Professor Shaun Gregory of the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford in England says the standard for military support was contingent on an African leader’s willingness to support French interests..."

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     https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/french-military-africa

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     lord pthenq1 (pthenq1@mastodon.la)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 09:44:54 JST lord pthenq1

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     "JD Vance descartó a Francia y al Reino Unido como "países al azar que no han combatido en guerras durante 30 o 40 años". Esto será una novedad para las familias de los 89 soldados franceses y los 457 soldados británicos que murieron en Afganistán después de responder a la única vez que se invocó el Artículo 5 de la OTAN: por parte de Estados Unidos."
     @juliette

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     juliette (juliette@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 09:48:48 JST juliette

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     This absolutely clown is now claiming he wasn't referring to the UK and France, all the while not mentioning which countries he *was* referring to.

     He has not apologised.