"We cannot let Iran acquire nuclear" weapons because it would also be a threat to Israel, Sarkozy said during a meeting at the Elysee presidential palace with lawmakers from his conservative UMP party on Tuesday.
"It is a certainty to all of our secret services. Iran is working today on a nuclear (weapons) program," he said.
The French leader also said he would not "shake the hand of someone who wants to wipe Israel off the map", referring to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
In reading that last paragraph, I have to say that I felt some jealousy; I wish the American President would make a bit more clear his outrage at Iran's desire to see Israel eliminated. I don't doubt that he finds it outrageous, but sometimes a little emotion would be useful.
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