[giobruno]

The greatest nation of the past 500 years is reduced to this; I'm going to read Augustine's feelings on the sack of Rome to put me in the mood. As much as I like to see the French impotence and cowardice on display for all to see, the whole episode makes me despondent; the French were once a proud and intelligent people with the achievement to back up both. But the French have really brought this on themselves, their little game of playing the "other" side has finally come to bite them good. They have peddled almost every stupid idea of the past 50 years.

[pgkdan]

But the French have really brought this on themselves, their little game of playing the "other" side has finally come to bite them good. They have peddled almost every stupid idea of the past 50 years.

You're right, of course, and France is just Act I. We're about to witness the collapse of western civilisation in Europe of the Europeans don't wake up and start kicking ass soon.