[tellw]

Why does France have nuclear weapons? Just to troll the Brits?

[DCBryan1]

Why does France have nuclear weapons?

Counter Value nuclear strike

Detante

[Netz]

France is based on a bygone sense of pride, a former colonial power reduced to baguette bread, pastries and fashion.

A once proud and powerful nation, now, only retains a distinct language and can never admit the abysmal failures of the 20th century or who saved their derrieres, (USA).

They are stuck up, nose in the air cheese eating surrender monkeys who left NATO to have an “INDEPENDENT” deterrent.

They are but a mere shell of their former selves and they know it hence, they stick to their nationalistic pride.

If the US elects Hillary, she too will become a former shell of her previous superpower status.

[Oztrich Boy]

Back in the 50s none of them trusted relying on getting US support in a crisis. Hard to believe now.