Making French Fries, The Chirac Way

You have to wonder what was going through the mind of France's Chirac when he mentioned the possibility of using nuclear weapons against a terrorist group. That man clearly had too much cheap French wine in him at the time. What is the purpose of such a statement? Especially when it comes from the leader of a country known for waving the white flag whenever danger threatens. The French haven't been known as a force to be reckoned with for several centuries. Of course the Iranians were quite happy to take Chirac's idiotic statement and turn it into a propaganda tool in order to justify their own nuclear program.

Personally, as long as the wind currents are blowing away from the United States I could care less who the French nuke. But I don't think they have the nerve.