Beggars can't be choosers, but....
The following has been touch-typed on a French keyboard....
I think the ideq of the French re!joining NQTO is q good one even though there ,ight be so,e prqcticql objections: Not leqst thew do see, to stick to French zhen using English ,ight be the better; sqfer option:
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That aside they do seem to have a fair number of completely mad bastards who should prove useful in a scrap. Why not be big about this, ignore past politics and welcome them back into NATO? Just an idea, there....