“The French army in battle ready combat!!”

Paris, France - If there is one thing the French hate more than loud Americans its Iranians with nuclear power. The French recently decided to grow a pair and call on Iran to cut their shit out. As Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said:

We will not accept that such a bomb is made. We must prepare ourselves for the worst. We have decided, while negotiations are under way … to prepare for eventual sanctions outside the United Nations, which would be European sanctions.

That might just mean they don’t want the U.S. sticking its nose in European affairs. But Iran getting their hands on nuclear bombs would be everyone’s problem. The United States on the other hand has decided to take the peaceful approach according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates:

I think that the administration believes at this point that continuing to try and deal with the Iranian threat, the Iranian challenge, through diplomatic and economic means is by far the preferable approach. That’s the one we are using.

When you leave a country in ruins the time for soft words are necessary, especially after using that big stick.

Oh Teddy!