France Would Go Nuclear

In response to a terrorist attack, so says Jacques Chirac: In a speech defending France's costly nuclear deterrent and toughening policy against terrorism, President Jacques Chirac said Paris must be able to hit back hard at a hostile state's centers of power and its "capacity to act." "The leaders of states who would use terrorist means against us, as well as those who would consider using in one way or another weapons of mass destruction, must understand that they would lay themselves open to a firm and adapted response on our part," Chirac said during a visit to northwestern France, where France's nuclear submarines are based. "This response could be a conventional one. It could also be of a different kind." Looks like the French are bowing to reality, after Muslin riots in their country last year. Friend of America or not, terrorism affects us all. http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=10902468&src=rss/worldNews

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