French: Don't Punish Iran

We knew it was just a matter of time. Europe (Germany, France and Britain) admitted that Iran's nuclear talks - which they were so adamant about controlling to show the U.S. how grown up they were - have failed.

The interesting thing is that the French are opposed to any form of punishment:

Nuclear proliferation expert Francois Gere, who heads the French Institute of Strategic Analysis, said there are few, if any, viable options for punishing Iran _ and the Iranians know that. The French, therefore, are still hoping for a diplomatic way out.

"There is absolutely no discussion of punishment for the moment in the French approach," Gere said.

Instead, they just want the issue addressed by the irrelevant U.N. We know how well the U.N. worked for Iraq: 12 years, 17 resolutions and billions of bribery dollars later, the U.S. decided to take action while the U.N. cowered in the corner).