The President of France is basing his opinion on history and the fact that France was able to successfully negotiate with Hitler thereby preventing a second world war. What? The negotiations were not successful? Attached below is my 9/30/07 comment on the article which quoted Iran as stating they would not negotiate. —
“Let’s see now, all the leaders of the West are saying that it would be an absolute catastrophe for Iran to have nuclear capability. Iran says the issue is closed. The West via the pathetic UN tried sanctions against Iraq that never worked. Hummmmmmmm. This is a tough one. BOMB NOW! “I’m licking my chops in anticipation of being able to watch Shock & Awe - the Sequel. I think it will be better than Shock & Awe I.”
Of course we will now never see S&A II because we now have a eunuch as commander in chief. The jug eared clodhopper probably won’t even back Israel when it finally does the right thing and bombs the nuclear facility of Adolph Hitler, Jr., and all the other rabid muslim fanatics in Iran.
That's the only aspect of this entire drama that we can know with absolute certainty.