[sarasmom]

Timing a bit suspect.IMHO.
If one actively does not trust the French government, one might assume they want to blunt the news starting to come out of the middle east about bribes and weapons involving the French.
It is not as if they suddenly discovered the vicious hatred of the Arabs for the Jews.

[Nagilum]

Despite all that has happened, I am still definitely inclined to give the french the nod over the muslims. Part of that is my belief that, as someone said, "demographics are destiny", the muslim population in France highly influenced their actions IMHO. Perhaps I'm being naive, but I'm still willing to give the French the benefit of the doubt to turn this ship around. The us has a VERY vested interest in seeing the France does not become a pseudo-islamic nation. That would be an absolute disaster for Europe and for the US.