France Is Back

It would appear that the "cheese eating surrender monkeys" have been run out of the country.

World Should Brace For Possible War Over Iran: France

The world should brace for a possible war over the Iranian nuclear crisis but seeking a solution through talks should take priority, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday.

"We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war," he said in an interview broadcast on French television and radio.

"We must negotiate right to the end," with Iran, he said, but underlined that if Tehran possessed an atomic weapon, it would represent "a real danger for the whole world."

"We are trying to put in place plans which are the privilege of chiefs of staff and that is not for tomorrow," he said, referring to military plans but stressed that although any attack on Iran was far from taking place, "It is normal for us to plan" for any eventuality.

It's nice to hear France speak as member of the world community instead of an antagonist to it. Let's hope they mean what they say. While we would all hope that Iran could acquiesce to the demands of the Free World without incident, over the last thirty years they've proven themselves less than willing to do the right thing. When the time to gently remind them that their warmongering isn't acceptable, it will be nice to have France standing with us, instead of working against us. Welcome back mon ami.