France had a history of going outside its civilization to gain advantage intra civilizationally.
The Fateful Alliance, Kennan, France , with Russia in the Orthodox world, is only a later example leading up to WWI.
How about France's alliance, with the Muslim Turkish Sultan, against the Hapsburgs, in the 16 Th Century?
As a result, the Muslims were threatening Vienna, by physical siege, until circa 1750 etc., and heavily infesting the Balkan peninsula until today.
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