Stupid Americans

If only Americans were as smart and sophisticated as people in Europe, then we would see the brilliance in this statement from French President Jacques Chirac:

French President Jacques Chirac said in an interview with three newspapers that Iran's possession of a nuclear bomb would not be "very dangerous" and that if it used the weapon on Israel, Teheran would be immediately "razed.," (Article)

Let's see. Iran's possession of a nuclear bomb would not be very dangerous? Using it on Israel isn't dangerous? Why are we so stupid not to have seen that?! Wait. I bet that a threat of some U.N. resolutions has Iran as scared as Saddam Hussein was by similar threats. No problem!

(Oh, and Chirac's statement expresses his true views, as he made it when he thought he was off the record, so don't even bring up his next-day political back-tracking.)

We can always count on Europe to look down on us and to make us look stupid. Right? Yeah.

[Follow-up]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched anniversary celebrations Thursday for Iran's Islamic Revolution with a defiant promise to push ahead with the country's controversial nuclear program. The Iranian leader said his government is determined to continue with its nuclear program, despite U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, a process that can produce fuel to generate electricity or for the fissile core of an atomic bomb.

Looks like the U.N. has them them right where they want them.