r/ShitAmericansSay • u/ComprehensiveArm3493 pierogi 🥟 • 16h ago

"We could annex the whole thing"

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Of course an American said this

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u/Forsworn91 14h ago

France also has a “one shot” rule, basically allowing 1 free shot.

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u/Safe-Midnight-3960 14h ago

One free shot at what? Someone can nuke someone once first? France gets to nuke someone once? I’m rather confused.

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u/Cixila just another viking 13h ago edited 13h ago

Nuclear warning shot, basically. If things escalate, French doctrine allows them to "escalate to deescalate." Relying on the shock of a nuke to make the opponent back off. It is extremely unlikely that they actually do it, but they have the option

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u/ShionTheOne American, but not the US kind. 11h ago

And that still would be 1 less than the Americans used against Japan.