Mr. Charts said:
When EuroDisney Paris opened a contingent of crack French troops attended the parade. When the fireworks went off, they dropped their rifles and fled.
They were later advertised for sale as "excellent condition rifles, once dropped, never fired".
I like your sophisticated geopolitical approach, Tom R.
Even if the French, Germans and Russians disagreed with the policies of the US and UK in EyeRak, true "friends" quietly and strongly advise behind closed doors, not in the hostile way they did.
Whatever you think about the EyeRak business, you don't have to necessarily help your friends if you feel very strongly they are wrong, but you don't stab your friends in the back
The problem as always is distinguishing the goodies from the baddies, don't you think, Tom R?
Also distinguishing the enemy from the innocent presents one or two minor difficulties for nuclear weapon application technologies.