But the French also understand that the sole reason Iran has a nuclear program is to build a nuclear weapon. They are not nonchalant about it. The secular republic has always been realistic about the threat posed by theocratic Iran. And they have come to care about nonproliferation too, in part because they belong to what is still a small club of nuclear states. Membership has its privileges. This now puts the French at the head of a de facto Axis of Reality, the other prominent members of which are Saudi Arabia and Israel. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304644104579190024212147260