When I lived in the UK, the French were horrible during the Falklands war as well.
They sold Exocet missiles to Argentina so that country could destroy ships so the French could brag about how good their military equipment is.
While I see the French as the absolute worst of Europe, I would not disregard them in order to defeat an enemy much greater in Islam.
Jeanne Kirkpatrick and many other rational people supporter Argentina’s claims to the Falklands. Unfortunately, the Anglophiles (aka the League of Empire Loyalists) won that argument with RR.
Most of Argentina’s weapons were from the US; only their best ones were from France. Their battleship (General Belgrano) was from the US as well.