Should France Re-Join NATO?

No. France is an unreliable ally. Brussels Journal discusses the issue:

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will decide by late 2008 or early 2009 whether France will fully rejoin the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It is one of the more important issues left unresolved at the recently concluded Bucharest Summit, where Sarkozy proclaimed: “I reaffirm here France’s determination to pursue the process of renovating its relations with NATO.”
General Charles de Gaulle withdrew France from NATO’s military structure in 1966 in protest over American dominance of the Atlantic Alliance. And more than 40 years later, the issue of American influence over European security remains a fundamental stumbling block to improved Franco-US relations.

NATO is not as important as it was during the cold war. Back when the Soviet Union controlled the eastern half of europe and was menacing the western half, NATO was critically important to the survival of the free world, and the support of the French was needed. But they cut and ran. Why should they be given a voice in NATO now?