if we had known what you were going to become, a kind of arrogant, dominating empire, all that,
2 months ago
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@RnaudBertrand
This is an amazing nugget. This is Hubert Védrine, one of France's longest serving Foreign Minister and National Security Advisor (under both Mitterrand and Chirac).
He recounts a conversation with Madeleine Albright where she accused him of "betraying Lafayette" (the famous French general who helped secure America's independence) because he opposed her on a particular subject.
Védrine's response? "Actually we didn't intervene at all to help America. We did it only to annoy Great Britain. It was a competition with Great Britain. Besides, if we had known what you were going to become, a kind of arrogant, dominating empire, all that, I think we wouldn't have helped you!"
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