[CatoRenasci]

There is some delicious irony in this statement by Chiraq, of course, but one should read this rather positively, I think: the French have always been brutal in dealing with revolt (think the Vendee, think Algeria, think Southeast Asia, think various countries in the francophone portions of Africa where they have intervened over the last 40 years), especially when they're not facing other great powers. I think it's probably true that a serious enough strike on France would trigger atomic retaliation by the force d'frappe.

Indeed, probably the best way to deal with the Iranians would be for the French to find themselves attacked by an Iranian missile.

The French won't fight worth a damn at or above their own weight, but they're tigers in thumping the bantam weights. I'm all for letting them do some of the necessary thumping.

[infowarrior]

The French won't fight worth a damn at or above their own weight, but they're tigers in thumping the bantam weights.

Laying aside the nuclear "force d'frappe", what exactly, do you think France's weight class is?

the infowarrior