[ken5050]

The mistake the French are making, right now, is letting this thing continue...what is it..three-four days now...a fire grows...they should have snuffed it out the first day..

[backhoe]

The mistake the French are making, right now, is letting this thing continue...what is it..three-four days now...a fire grows...they should have snuffed it out the first day...

True of any civil disturbance, anywhere. You kill a few of the ringleaders and the mob loses its taste for pillage and burning. They let this fester far too long.

[redgolum]

This is the sixth or seventh day.

I think we are seeing a revolution in progress, not a riot. There are reports of similar things in Belgium now.

If the French could stop it, I think they would have by now. They know that if they really anger the TROP (tm), all of Paris will burn. Also, the EU is becoming very muslim friendly, so they can't do much and be PC.

[sgtbono2002]

I remember our own riots back when MLK was shot. What did we do? We stood around, even brought in the National Guard to stand around. Not a one of them had a bullet in their rifles. Eventually the rioters wound down and we apologised to them for causing them to loot and steal. Then we gave them more affirmative action jobs , more welfare, better housing, and right to this day all they have to do is claim discrimination and we send 20 Billion dollars to New Orleans.

Nah, this rioting in Paris will wind down slowly and the mussies causing the problem will be treated much the same as we treated our own rioters.

[gridlock]

The mistake the French are making, right now, is letting this thing continue...what is it..three-four days now...a fire grows...they should have snuffed it out the first day..

I remember being in Brooklyn during the Crown Heights riots, when (former) Mayor Dinkins decided to hold back the NYPD to let the riot "burn itself out". Big mistake.