the summation:
"If Chirac isn't exactly Charles Martel, the rioters aren't doing a bad impression of the Muslim armies of 13 centuries ago: They're seizing their opportunities, testing their foe, probing his weak spots. If burning the 'burbs gets you more ''respect'' from Chirac, they'll burn 'em again, and again. In the current issue of City Journal, Theodore Dalrymple concludes a piece on British suicide bombers with this grim summation of the new Europe: ''The sweet dream of universal cultural compatibility has been replaced by the nightmare of permanent conflict.'' Which sounds an awful lot like a new Dark Ages."
the man is bang on the mark.
The chattering classes of elites eat their bon bons while their world disintegrates around them.
The may not even be awake while their heads are fitting the guillotine/ scimitar.
If burning the 'burbs gets you more ''respect'' from Chirac, they'll burn 'em again, and again.