I don't think it was Sarkozy's goal to "align" France back along the US track even if it had this effect. They are just worried about a nuclear Iran, and we all see the power of unity in this affair.
You should read what Merkel is saying, it's not bad neither. Normal she is a woman, that's even worse than a half-jew .

IMO Iran is going to step back silently, but with the incentives from Russia.
But they will never fall in the dishonnor of accepting the West's conditions.

It isn't just the US.  Nations everywhere defy UN resolutions whenever they please.  The reason the UN is useless is because it is too inclusive.  Instead of becoming a body of nations working to solve world problems, it has become an official gathering place for any and every thug, dictator, and psychopath to use as a podium. 

The UN is a good idea - just poorly executed.  There are too many different opinions represented to get anything accomplished.  I know that sounds anti-democratic, and I don't mean to suggest that everyone should be made to agree.  However, the UN is no longer able to present a united front, and that makes it useless and irrelevant.

So, to turn back into the topic, I think France understands the importance of a united front when trying to achieve a specific objective.  The rhetoric used by France now is more harsh because the French do not want to appear as being at odds with the US on the Iranian nuclear issue.

United fronts are very important - especially when faced with global issues like nuclear proliferation, genocide, and human rights.

Actually some problems of democracy are resolved by less democracy.  A constitution for example, constrains democracy, limits it.  In this way it often protects the rights of the minority.  The purest form of democracy, after all, is a lynch mob.

same people who adopted the law mandating teachers to teach about the positive aspects of colonialism. La Grande France crowd nostalgetic for the glorious times of the Empire. Foreign policy is conducted through the rapidly moving batallions. Vive la France! Where there's a second Vietnam, there's a place for second Algeria.

Interesting that he, flesh and blood of the corporate folk, is undermining positions of the French Oil. Total Elf unhappy about the Iranian reception, or what? I wouldn't also discount Sarko's conscience of his Jewish origins.