To add to your comment, in the past, there has been US bases in France. The US troops were evicted by De Gaulle when he exited France from NATO’s Military Command Structure. Some of these old US bases are now used by the french military.

You are absolutely right, De Gaulle made sure of that.

Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty states that an armed attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against all members, and triggers an obligation for each member to come to its assistance.

From the nato.int website. It reads to me that if a country refuses to come to the assistance of a country legitimately invoking the article, the country is breaching the treaty.

The geopolitics level of the average american

It’s not just about not using it, it’s about punishing a company breaking the law, profiting from it, and feeding an authoritarian regime.

I’d bet on that as well. It is big tech’s master plan.