Viva La France

France, the country that brought us Marcel Marceau, the Maginot Line, and nearly 400 varieties of cheese, continues to create new forms of ineffective diplomacy. First, the newly elected and ostensibly pro-American president lays out a hard line toward Iran and their continued pursuit of nuclear weapons. Now the French Prime Minister is saying that France needs to prepare for the possibility of war with Iran. Just what exactly does that mean? Stockpiling Camenbert? Stashing all of the good wine in underground bunkers?

History is the best teacher and France has taught Iran that there is absolutely no possibility that they would be prepared to engage in any type of war, other than a war of words with anyone. France and the UN have cried wolf and made idle threats for so long that no one takes either of them seriously. This coupled with Germany's outright refusal to consider the possibility of war with Iran should provide sufficient comfort to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and anyone else that wants to build a nuclear weapon.

Ahmadinejad rests easily comforted by the response to the invasion of Iraq. He must put his head down on his pillow each night and thank President Bush for removing Saddam Hussein from power (something that Iran did not accomplish during its war with Iraq), and for exposing the lack of intestinal fortitude of the EU and the American public which were merely reminders of the pre-WWII appeasement of Hitler.

Unfortunately, things are going to get worse before they get better. Worse for free western civilization and better for the Islamic fascists that seek its destruction.

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