[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

But the French, like the Spanish, were cheering Argentina.
"Perfidious", you hear me say.

The President of France, François Mitterrand, gave full support to the UK in the Falklands war. Sir John Nott, the British Secretary of State for Defence during the conflict, has acknowledged in his memoirs that "in so many ways Mitterrand and the French were our greatest allies".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even..._Falklands_War