The Militant French?

For a culture better known for its food, perfume, and high art, the French are not world renowned fighters. Usually they are associated with the tactic of retreat or building long lines of fortifications that the Germans, using their superior intellect, elect to go around. But they French are beginning to feel threatened from another neighbor to the east, Iran.

The BBC reports that yesterday Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign minister, has declared that France is preparing for the worst in regards to confrontation with Iran. In typical French fashion, he wishes to exhaust diplomatic negotiations, but acknowledges that a nuclear Iran poses a great danger. War should be avoiding at all costs, but it takes a lot to make the French even mildly bellicose.