[GraniteStateConservative]

Pakistan is different. They don't envy us the way France does. It's the combination of the two that explains France's behavior.

[Dolphy]

Envy, desire to balance US power, economic interests or a downright hostility that will never be mended, are much more on point. A fear of Muslim retribution, which Kuwait, Jordan, Pakistan and others are far more at risk, would not cause the French to be the vocal leader of the opposition.