Chirac Said What?

French President Jacques Chirac has said France would be ready to use nuclear weapons against any state which launched a terrorist attack against it.

Speaking at a nuclear submarine base in north-western France, Mr Chirac said a French response "could be conventional. It could also be of another nature."

He said France's nuclear forces had been configured for such an event.

Mr. Chirac was not clear whether the nuclear strike would come before or after the surrender and/or appeasement phase.

This is typical hollow posturing. Most terror attacks cannot be declared as "state launched" and most state launched attacks would not be considered terrorist attacks, but military acts of war.

What if the terror attack comes from a terror cell within France? Do they nuke themselves?