Leading up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq - France was feeding information to Saddam, blocking U.N. attempts at real sanctions and acting as their protector....
Now - the Islamonazis in Iran have the Democrat Congress, MoveOn.com, ANSWER, Code Pink, ALCU, etc, etc, etc.....all acting as their ally....
Perhaps that explains their cockiness....
Of course France is under a very different government now.