[Pearls Before Swine]

There seems a general fear that France's model of assimilation, in which people become French by adhering to common values of citizenship, has failed.

While France isn't much of a model for social conduct, we can learn from this one. We should have one language--English--in the school systems and for government business. If people want to speak their own language at home, or even on the radio, that's ok, but let's not promote Balkanization. Look where it is getting the French.

In fact, we're heading for worse trouble than the French. At least the French hijabis have to complain in French. In the US, we give them a school in their own language, whatever it might be.

[Robert_Paulson2]

I think the french by and large, do not wholly buy in, to the "Islam is Peace" line.

France willing to go war? Nope.
But they clearly realize that ali abu bombsome, is a nutcult follower... and that this IS a religious war, perpetrated by "fundamentalist muslims" against "jews, christians and secular muslims, and the non-religious" despite what some folks in this administration say. The french have long hesitated to call these folks "terrorists", perhaps logically assuming that instead these folks are simply practicing "muslims."

Islam=Terrorism, not Peace.