Quote :

"France said on Thursday it would be ready to use nuclear weapons against any state that carried out a terrorist attack against it, reaffirming the need for its nuclear deterrent. ADVERTISEMENT Deflecting criticism of France's costly nuclear arms program, President Jacques Chirac said security came at a price and France must be able to hit back hard at a hostile state's centers of power and its "capacity to act.""

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060119/wl_nm/nuclear_arms_france_dc_2

1/19/2006 12:21:02 PM

they are the backbone of EU defense.

i mean, is this unusual for them to say this? it does seem that the EU is on the offensive against Iran lately.

well, i guess if you think they dont fight in wars we go into b/c theyre scared and not because we go into fucking stupid wars like vietnam and the current one.

cue the: OMG THEYRE TRYING TO LOOK TUFF LIKE US

[Edited on January 19, 2006 at 12:28 PM. Reason : .]

1/19/2006 12:27:42 PM

hahaha posturing

and hypocritical at that.

1/19/2006 12:33:48 PM

yeah, they say they want to fight terrorists, yet they wouldnt go help us knock over a 3rd world dictator. i mean, what kind of country backs a bloody dictator AND speaks out against terror.

oh, wait...

1/19/2006 1:16:41 PM

Yeah, the french were so smart, not going into Vietnam and all...

1/19/2006 1:18:29 PM

well, DeGaulle did tell us to stay out...

really we're the dummies for not learning from their blunder

1/19/2006 1:19:34 PM

Thats a pretty dumb statement. I mean its not that easy to prove that a terrorist attack was state funded?

1/19/2006 1:35:46 PM

I would love to see them actually carry through with that threat. That's not tough, that's just insane.

1/19/2006 5:51:07 PM

well, they are French

this just goes to show: they arent pussies, they just wont show up and make a lot of noise when theyre damn good and ready. i mean, havent you ever been to a french restaurant?

1/19/2006 6:51:55 PM

Shooting off an ICBM wouldn't really be an act of balls.

1/19/2006 7:11:05 PM

come to think of it, it'd actually be a pretty fucking french thing to do

1/19/2006 7:17:25 PM

about as ballsy as just bombing the shit out of a country

1/19/2006 7:45:39 PM

yo

you know what the french love right?





yeah
i don't even have to say it

1/19/2006 8:08:54 PM

BERETS

1/19/2006 8:42:01 PM

omf cheese, they love cheese

1/19/2006 8:43:23 PM

i am le tired.


LAUNCH ZE MISSILES!

1/19/2006 8:45:58 PM

fire our sheet!

1/19/2006 8:47:32 PM

I hope DG wasn't trying to make the French look better with this thread.

1/19/2006 9:59:32 PM

theyll get to firing the missles after they've gotten drunk, pissed on you in a phone booth, and stood in the street shouting obsceneties for 3 hours.

oh god, youre right tho...this explains it all

LE GRAN FROMAGE!!!!!!

[Edited on January 19, 2006 at 11:44 PM. Reason : .]

1/19/2006 11:44:03 PM

You all are joking like this is some sort of fucking game. If ANY country launches a nuke we could be looking at a nuclear holocaust from the retaliatory missle launches from other nations, which would pretty much be the end of humanity. I don't see anything funny about this at all. I don't care if the country is France, we should be taking what they are saying VERY seriously and attempt to discourage this action for ANY reason.

1/20/2006 12:17:43 AM

i look forward to the day the hippies are proved right

1/20/2006 12:22:46 AM

UN FROMAGE VIEUX! ECOUTEZ SI VOUS PLAIT! SAUCRE BLEU!

[Edited on January 20, 2006 at 1:27 AM. Reason : .]

1/20/2006 1:26:19 AM

les dames françaises ont les jambes velues.

1/20/2006 1:35:03 AM

I'm prepared for a nuclear holocaust.

1/20/2006 1:36:57 AM

1/20/2006 7:12:37 AM

Quote :

"If ANY country launches a nuke we could be looking at a nuclear holocaust from the retaliatory missle launches from other nations,"

what nuclear power would retaliate in kind for a nuclear strike on iran? that's right, none.

1/20/2006 8:09:59 AM

dem liberals shar would cry, tho

1/20/2006 8:40:02 AM