France as currently constituted would not strike Israel, because there is no gain in doing so.

Any gain would be had taking out the hardened nuclear facility in Qom. It lies within a military complex, so a penetrating nuclear warhead might (emphasis on ‘might’) be employed without undue civilian casualties. I don’t pretend to know if the French have the capability. Sarkozy seems to have the will and smarts to know a confrontation with the Islamists is inevitable. I doubt he wants to wait until the mullahs have both the warhead and missile capability to hit Paris. In any event, taking out the Qom facility would send a message the mullahs couldn’t ignore. And incidentally, just might work to awaken the rest of Europe from its slumber.

Slightly off-topic, but concerning France and its illegal immigrant muslim population–many of whom are refugees from the fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan waiting to go to England and potentially engage in who-knows-what mischief. What would be wrong with offering these driftless young men a term of foreign fighting service (French Legion, anyone?) in exchange for full citizenship after proving themselves worthy. Seems there is a potentially very valuable human resource going to waste; why not use it? And as a not entirely coincidental added consideration: men who risk their lives for an adoptive country would, one presumes, be afterwards less likely to betray it.