French soldier killed and several wounded in attack in Iraq's Kurdistan region, confirms Macron

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/03/13/french-soldier-killed-in-attack-in-iraq-s-kurdistan-region-confirms-macron_6751397_4.html

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SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 177d (1 reply)

The reason I'm posting this here and overall context:

  • France and Europe has been having a energy crisis for a while now.
  • When Iran effectively closed the straight it substantially impacted Europe and Asia a lot more then America.
  • As such Macron has been saying France might participate in military action in the straight to keep ships flowing
  • This incident gives Macron a certain level of justification to participate.
  • The probable cases of France participating wouldn't materially change anything beyond a NATO ally sending their soldier to their deaths for Trump's war.
  • This really starts to muddy the waters as to Canada's role if Iran starts to directly threatening France.

Tldr: Macron is a moron. He should have withdrawn his soldier from a active war zone.

No one was injured in the first attack, after which Italy said it was temporarily withdrawing its military personnel from the base.

SpicyLizards@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 176d

Maybe if they all stopped supplicating an orange moron who has shown as a moral truth that supplication is useless, things might be different