The Fall of France

The Brussels Journal ^ | November 5, 2005 | Paul Belien

[Richard Kimball]

There is no chance of these folks marching into Paris and seizing power. It simply is an inconvenience for the political elite.

I disagree. They will not stop until they are stopped. If the Eiffel Tower blows up, the French may get a little perturbed, but all of Europe has already admitted through abortion and birth control that they have no interest in perpetrating the species. They were just hoping to live without working for the rest of their lives. I'm not sure France could win if they decided to fight. They're old, weak cowards who have no love for each other. The Muslims are young and enjoy hurting and killing people.

[Walkin Man]

It'll be the fall of Europe pretty soon.

Wouldn't surprise me.

Of course we have a large muslim population as well...

How long until they do here what their prophet demands?

[JustAnotherOkie]

My knowledge of France isn't very good but it is very believable. God how I hate the French.

[Dark Skies]

See my post #576. An awful lot of wishful thinking on my part, but if Chirac were to accept de Villepin's resignation (he was appointed by Chirac) and appoint Sarkozy as PM, it would save Chirac's honor and enable Sarko to either bring law and order or fail beyond repair.

I think this is a possibility (however remote) if the rioting moves to Paris proper (or to other non-ghetto neighborhoods).

[DumpsterDiver]

Got a link? Me wanna see this.

I think this is the one.

Bush Sends Eid al-Fitr Greetings to the World's Muslims

[ARealMothersSonForever]

I'm not sure France could win if they decided to fight.

They very well could have suppressed this with military force. The international perception is what is driving the events now. I still say that they will tolerate this for months. The only downside politically, is if (BIG if) some cohesion develops within the French freedom fighters; and the unrest spreads to Germany.

It is rather odd that the rest of the world has such a muted reaction to these events. Rest assured that if this spreads to upper-class areas, there will be swift retribution. I believe that there have been such incursions on a small scale, and that news will filter out through the French Ministry of Information. So far they have downplayed the deaths pretty well. Imagine CNN sitting on a story of death and mayhem in America. CNNi has had to work overtime in putting a spin on these events. And the good old BBC is still playing it as an inconvenient "boys will be boys" episode.

[norton]

I think I have the answer to your "It is rather odd" observation:

They are terrified!

It's coming to a shire or provence near you very, very, soon and they are just about ready to soil their skivvies.

[solitas]

This time, let's ignore france. Better yet: send Carter over there - it looks like they're kicking the s**t out of anybody who gets in their way, so we might as well take advantage of that!

[solitas]

LOL, those are great!

[ARealMothersSonForever]

They are terrified!

When I went back to Europe September 20th, 2001; none of the everyday people seemed terrified. Several Americans freaked and would not go back. Frankly, I run across way more Americans that are terrified than Brits, Aussies, Italians, or Russians. And the French were not terrified at all. They have transit strikes that screw up their routine worse than this will.

[NeoCaveman]

He, we have our own Muslim population... if we go to war against Muslims to save France, Denmark, etc.. then we have a battle on the home front.

Do not take this next comment as an endorsement of saving France, but if we nuked Detroit would anyone really notice?

[Revolting cat!]

It's hitting the fan. The question is what to do. The rioters, or most of them are citizens, just like the ones in LA (Rodney King) and La (Katrina.) So in that respect it's not much different. What have we done? We pretended and keep pretending that it never happened, and we flushed more money down the latrina (that, in this case, is not a reference to a female name popular in America's ghettos.)

[Revolting cat!]

if we nuked Detroit would anyone really notice?

The hapless owners of Chevrolet Cavalier would cheer, I guarantee!

[r9etb]

Now, more than ever, France and the French people need Le Pen.

No, they don't. Nobody needs a fascist.

[VOA]

Sarkozy (whose real surname is Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa) is a second
generation immigrant, the son of a
Hungarian refugee and
a Greek mother. “I like the frame of mind of those who need
to build everything because nothing was given to them,” he said
a few months ago about his upbringing.

This fellow may be pro-American, but even worse, he seems to have an American
public school grasp of history.

With Hungarian and Greek heritage, Mr. Sarkozy should (of all Frenchmen)
know what his forbearors knew:
Let your country's population start sneaking up to even a few percent Muslim,
(especially of radical tone) and your enlightened society almost
certainly become an endangered one.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Why wait for 2007? Sarkozy should stage a coup and declare himself in charge.

[NeoCaveman]

The hapless owners of Chevrolet Cavalier would cheer, I guarantee!

Actually, those are made in Lordstown, Ohio which is awfully close to the town of my birth, Youngstown, Ohio. Of course they were probably designed and engineered in Detroit.

[investigateworld]

I suspect Sarkozy will get thrown under the bus. It will be quite for a few months, then it will be series SHTF as the Muslims discover the power of dealing with weak sisters.

[Arizona Carolyn]

No.

[rawhide]

Sarkozy’s decision to send the police back to the suburbs which had been abandoned by previous governments was resented by the “youths” who now rule there.

Does this mean there was no police presence prior to this? Who maintained the law and order in this place in the past? There had to be some kind of police presence to respond to the criminal activities, the traffic accidents, and such.