France, about as useless as an accordion on the battlefield

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Aside from spinelessness exhibited by the French elite, we have here an interesting thing to note. Note who it is that Chirac thinks the Iranians would most likely launch a Nuclear tipped missile at?

Does France think that the Islamist would overlook them in their quest for global Jihad? When France's rampaging youths torched nearly ten thousand cars during Ramadan of 2005, they were shouting "Allahu Ackbar!" and they meant it.

France has yet to come to grips with that.

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“I would say that what is dangerous about this situation is not the fact of having a nuclear bomb,” he said. “Having one or perhaps a second bomb a little later, well, that’s not very dangerous.

“But what is very dangerous is proliferation. This means that if Iran continues in the direction it has taken and totally masters nuclear-generated electricity, the danger does not lie in the bomb it will have, and which will be of no use to it.”

Mr. Chirac said it would be an act of self-destruction for Iran to use a nuclear weapon against another country.

“Where will it drop it, this bomb? On Israel?” Mr. Chirac asked. “It would not have gone 200 meters into the atmosphere before Tehran would be razed.”

It was unclear whether Mr. Chirac’s initial remarks reflected what he truly believes. If so, it suggests a growing divide with American policy, which places the highest priority on stopping Iran from gaining the capacity to produce nuclear weapons.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/world/europe/01france.html
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