[Dark Skies]

Unless this situation changes suddenly, the Islamists will have won and the French government will have relinquished de facto control over substantial areas of suburban Paris.

Absolutely. There is only one solution--put this insurrection down hard. Chirac lost his chance for a quick solution. Now it will be guerrilla warfare.

Chirac may see France as a center of refinement, but when facing a bully, you have to toss refinement aside and fight like a street brawler.

[mojito]

The analogy here is the Commune. We will see if Chirac has the belly for it.