France is pulling a Kerry

When Iran resumed its nuclear weapons program, many people became frightened of a full scale nuclear war. French President Jacques Chirac however, said in a speech yesterday that he would be willing to use nuclear weapons against Iran. Chirac also went as far as to say that any state that supported terrorists would not be tolerated. Does anybody see something wrong here? I mean when another terrorist state much like Iran used gas to kill innocent people, produced other weapons of mass destruction and made threats of attack, where was France then? As you know, I am talking about the Iraq war that the French vehemetly opposed even though they had intelligence that Saddam was producing weapons of mass destruction. President Chirac stated that "Iraq today does not represent an immediate threat that justifies an immediate war." Chirac did not want to invade Iraq because it did not seem at the right time but when Iran states that they are making nukes, Chirac immediately wants to attack. The definition of terrorism is violent and intimidating gang activity, which is what Iraq was doing weapons of mass destruction or not. Chirac has completely flip flopped his stance on this issue of terrorism, much like John Kerry of the 2004 elections. If Chirac was not going to tolerate Iran and there terrorism, why would he tolerate Iraq?