[DRB]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/20/france.chirac.nuclear.ap/index.html

President Jacques Chirac warned Thursday that France could respond with nuclear weapons to a state-sponsored terrorist attack, broadening the terms of his country's deterrence in the face of emerging threats.

The warning came as France worked with other Western nations to ensure that Iran does not become a nuclear power. But officials and experts said Chirac's comments were not aimed specifically at Tehran.

"Nuclear deterrence ... is not aimed at dissuading fanatic terrorists," Chirac said in a speech delivered at the L'Ile-Longue nuclear submarine base in the western region of Brittany.

"Leaders of states who would use terrorist means against us, just like anyone who would envisage using, in one way or another, arms of mass destruction, must understand that they would expose themselves to a firm and fitting response from us," he said. "This response could be conventional. It could also be of another nature."

 

[fluff]

Blimey, I expect this to be a threat to stop selling them cheese.

 

[N8 v2.0]

Hey, compared to Canada, France is a superpower...

 

[peter6061]

Yeah, they say thay now, but wait until someone calls their bluff

 

[Echo]

We will probably see a nuclear war in our lifetimes. Thanks George, you really made the world a better and safer place!

 

[N8 v2.0]

We will probably see a nuclear war in our lifetimes. Thanks George, you really made the world a better and safer place!

Blamer!

 

[ChrisRobin]

We will probably see a nuclear war in our lifetimes. Thanks George, you really made the world a better and safer place!

Let me know when it happens, I'll sit on my front lawn and watch the light show (hopefully nothing will be too close to lower BC).

 

[Transcend]

Blamer!

Try Realist.

Your president is a f*ckup, face it and move on.