Iran Nuclear Watch: France Prime Minister Villepin – “Military Action is Not the Solution”

French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin answers questions during his monthly press conference in Paris, Thursday May 4, 2006. Villepin said that the name of his chief rival, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, was never mentioned at a 2004 meeting at the center of a scandal that has thrown the government into crisis and also suggested he had no plans to resign despite the opposition’s demands that he step down.

ASSociated Press: French Leader: Don’t Fight Iran

France’s prime minister said Thursday that military action is not the solution to the international standoff over Iran’s nuclear program.

French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said the war in Iraq should serve as a warning against attacking Iran.

“My conviction is that military action is not the solution,” Villepin said at a monthly news conference. “We have already lived through this type of scenario and we know that not only does it settle nothing, but it can raise risks. We have seen this in the most clear way with Iraq.”

The French have SURRENDERED ALREADY!

As if the United States and Israel could ever count on France to be an ally against Iran’s nuclear program. Ask Collin Powell about pre-Iraqi War machinations with the French.

France and other Western nations circulated a U.N. Security Council resolution Wednesday that would demand Iran abandon uranium enrichment or face the threat of unspecified further measures — a possible reference to sanctions. China and Russia oppose the measure.

The resolution is the latest effort to pressure Iran to stop what the United States and its allies suspect is a clandestine nuclear weapons program. Iran says it is developing nuclear technology purely for energy.

Villepin urged “unity” and “firmness” within the international community on the standoff, adding that Russian and Chinese support for any resolution was necessary “for the credibility of our action, the pressure on Iran.”

Oh the duplicity of the Chirac and Villepin. They know that Russia and/or China will NEVER consent to ANY sanctions against Iran.

So, how helpful are the French in containing Iran?

NONE!

How pathetic……

French students hold a banner picturing France’s Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy as they demonstrate against the new youth contract for first-time job seekers called CPE (First Labour Contract) in Marseille March 28, 2006.

Stay tuned…….

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