Respectfully, I don’t think France has been a real good Allie of the U.S. against terrorists. Not letting US Jets cross France air space in the attack on Libya being one example.
That said, I totally agree with your last sentence.
Charles De Gaul was anti-American and it took a while for his influence to wane and yes I was pissed at France over that Libya thing too. France today is not the anti-American France of De Gaul other then the UK it is our only real ally in Western/Central Europe.