When the U.S., Great Britain, and Australia teamed up on a defense deal, it not only shocked France but left them furious. What in the world are the French so upset about? They’d already reached an agreement to sell submarines to the Aussies, but Australia bailed on the French when Great Britain and the U.S. came calling. When you look at the geography at play here, you’ll see this outcome was quite predictable. The French just failed to see why their Aussie agreement was destined to disappear.