[NYer]

From the full article.........

Car burns in showroom during riots, Aulnay-sous-Bois, near Paris

It's a barely kept secret that Mr. Chirac led the opposition to the Iraq war out of fear of how his Muslim population would react. This fear is a big part of why France portrays itself as America's counterweight and why it criticizes Israel at every turn and coddled the terrorist Yasser Arafat right up to his death. This doesn't elicit thanks from Muslim radicals in France. It turns out to project an image of weakness. Unsurprisingly when faced with some unhappiness they believe they can pressure the French state into submission.

A number of observers of the French scene have looked at population trends and suggested that France is on its way to becoming a Muslim country (one that would, let it be noted, be armed with hydrogen bombs). Some react to this by suggesting a halt to immigration and even expulsion. The better approach is to impose law and order, more speedily to reform the burdensome welfare state, and start integrating the Muslim community. France could also help itself by dispatching troops to help battle the radical Islamists in Iraq, thereby sending a message to Muslims at home and abroad that France is on the side of those Muslims, the majority no doubt, who want to live in peace.

[one more state]

What does this do for the EU? Is there a way the EU can become Muslim?

[jwpjr]

re: Chirac led the opposition to the Iraq war out of fear of how his Muslim population would react

And, of course, France was up to its neck in illegal Oil for Food transactions and supplying Iraq with weapons in violation of the sanctions.

Once again I am reminded of the joke about the scorpion that convinced a frog to give him a ride across a river by assuring the frog that if he stung him they would both die. The frog bought the logic, but half way across the scorpion stung the frog. With his last, gasping, drowning breath the frog asked "Why? Now we're both going to die!" The scorpion responds "It's my nature!"

Well, what we are seeing in France is the nature of the beast. The sooner the world acknowledges this, the sooner we'll be on our way to ridding ourselves of the scourge they are.

[attiladhun2]

A sizable minority of Muslims support terrorists and a majority want sharia implemented, according to polls of British Muslims. I can't imagine Muslims in France would feel any different. Yes, the majority wants peace, the peace imposed by all despotic systems. The Dar Al Islam (the House of Islam) is the ideal situation where Islamic religious and civil authorities rule and non-Muslims pay the dhimmi tax indicating submission and second-class citizenship. This is what Islam has in store for all of us. Even the so-called "moderates" would be thrilled to their turbans to see such a situation develop in Europe and the rest of the world.