Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy deserves credit for a number of courageous policy decisions during his presidency. Bringing France back into the NATO military command structure, leading NATO into and through Libya, challenging the West to get serious about Irans opaque nuclear program, and staying the course in Afghanistan despite the wars unpopularity all come to mind. But building windmills off the Normandy coast doesnt fall into that category. This is a bad idea for at least two reasons.
