“We are at war,” French president François Hollande declared in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan terrorist attacks of 2015, rallying his country in a battle cry against an enemy that remained hidden in the shadows of everyday life.
During the months and years that followed — in fact, till this very day — the French army took to the streets in a mission known as “Opération Sentinelle,” protecting the metros, sidewalks, train stations and outdoor markets of the country’s major cities.
The sight of soldiers in camouflage, walking in small groups and carrying large assault rifles, has since become an ordinary one in Paris, like a guy selling pretzels on a corner in midtown Manhattan.
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