Tentatively I felt pleased by Chirac's announcement. The stance of free nations must be firm against rogue states who might arm terrorists. For many years the stance has seemed to have gone missing in France and elsewhere.
It couldn't hurt.
Oh, great. What happens when the Muslims take over France? France already has more Muslims than Christians. And their Muslims seem rather inclined to terrorism, Wahhabism, and other branches of Islamofascism, and prone to support terrorists. We don't need yet another Muslim nuclear weapon.