Posted on 11/06/2005 5:07:47 AM PST by Dane
I've always thought that was inevitable, that it would probably happen within the next couple of decades, but perhaps it will occur sooner than I thought...
France's historical legacy is also important. Colonial control of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Syria, and Lebanon has marked the French psyche. France occupied Algeria for more than 130 years, withdrawing only after an eight-year war, which cost at least 300,000 Algerian and 20,000 French lives.[8] Upon Algerian independence in 1962, more than one million French residents of Algeria returned to France; many had been there for generations, and some had intermarried with the Arab and Berber population. As the various French colonies and mandates achieved independence, Parisian politicians had trouble letting go. Today, French officials act as if they never lost their empire. The Quay d'Orsay, where the Foreign Ministry is housed, for example, continues to promote the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (International Francophone Organization), of which fifteen out of forty-nine states are Muslim, as a way to bolster the community and cohesion of former French colonies. Under Chirac, French policy has gone beyond special treatment for the French-speaking Middle East, though, and embraced even the most rejectionist Arab and Islamic regimes while simultaneously working to criticize and isolate Israel, oppose the war on terrorism, and undercut the emphasis on democratization.
http://www.meforum.org/article/772
Sorry for the double post.
If I waited a bit, I might learn that it will be a triple post (I hope not!).
take care, everyone.
*yawns* (because I've been sick and am so... tired. And yet, I can't seem to bring myself from checking into FR, LOL!)
French Minister Nicolas Sarkozy Honored for fight against
Anti-Semitism: (snip)
http://www.ambafrance-us.org/news/statmnts/2003/sarkozy_antisemitism051203.asp
Paris, May 12, 2003
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy Monday condemned anti-Semitism as he received an international prize from a leading Jewish organization, saying that anti-Jewish behavior deserved "zero tolerance."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1517009/posts
30 POLICE INJURED.
This reminded me of that Far Side cartoon with two men in a canoe in the process of being capsized by an enormous alligator with the guy on the higher, safer end telling the one in much more imminent danger, "Quick Ernie, rub his belly!"
Honestly, I read this and only think to myself these people deserve 100% muslim takeover and life in the resulting suppressive culture.
This started as just a bunch of thugs angry at police... some opportunists have decided to make into something else.... I mean- there is no doubt that it is now a political uprising... but I odn't think the first "rioters" had any reason for anything. The press came in making excuses and reasons instead of admitting that the Muslims were acting just like the "conservatives" have described them.
It is like the whole- I murder, rape, and steel because my dad beat me and mom was hooker defense... don't you think?
One of the Roman rulers also tried to pay off his attackers but they only came back for more.
I don't no all languages either. But I stayed at the Holiday Inn Reykjavik.
But I do know art. And here is the face of one facet of it...
Got any pics of her sisters?
I could be wrong...but this (I believe) is a replay of the same battles, the same fight for the same principles. Islam has grown. But I believe this will awaken the Christendom in the French blood.
Am I too romantic regarding this matter...we are about to see. But the defenders of Christendom in France will not be Chirac or de Villepin.
"With a threat like that, I bet the violence will end soon."
Yeah, I hope they aren't being subjected to "brutal" conditions in jail...wait a minute, I sense a possible way "into" the story for the MSM!
" Don't worry, when your leaders beg for U.S. Troops to bail you out again, We'll be there."
You sure?
""To those responsible for the violence, I want to say: Be serious ... If you want to live in a fairer, more fraternal society, this is not how to go about it."
If this is France's response..."
Remind's me of van Gogh, pleading for non-violence as the Muslim slit his throat.
"The Americans better prepare their border crossings with Ontario and Quebec. "
Fat chance. We can't even close the border with Mexico.
I believe one of Sarkozy's grandparents was Jewish. One side of his family was from Hungry. They fled the Nazis to France.
Skarkozy has alway downplayed his non-French family heritage. Skarkozy has alway emphasized assimilation.
[...about tribalism...]
You have written a brilliant piece.
I'm sure what I am about to say will seem unpopular. I am merely postulating based on informed observation. No disrespect intended. Here goes.
Tribalism and loyalty to nation of birth (ancestry) IS in our neighborhoods. What do you think we were seeing in New Orleans? Unassimilated African Americans living for generations dependant on an oppressive, liberal welfare system.
Across our country, after generations, "some" still insist on being described as African Americans, not Americans. "Some" of these black Americans look nothing like the winner class of blacks maturing into the culture during the 50's and 60's. Some kind of deliberate or rebellious regression has occurred.
" De Villepin: "I'll make proposals as early as this week,"
Gotta love that "get tough" attitude."
LOL!
" Are the imam's and other "muslim leaders" calling for an end to the violence? "
The violence will end, in their view, when the police lay down their weapons.
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