[GeorgiaDawg32]

the solution is easy..I betcha the rioters are severly out-numbered..all the local populace has to do is turn them in, or surround them and beat the livin hell out of them..the key to stopping this isn't the French, it's the local Muslim population..anyone disagree??

[dr_lew]

You're saying the sheep only need turn on the wolves.

[gcruse]

The most obvious first step, a curfew, isn't even being considered from what I can garner.

[libstripper]

If I started burning my neighbors' houses and cars, I'd be lucky to live long enough for the cops to arrive and I'd be glad to see them. Riots like this only happen in neighborhoods where the people acquiesce in what the rioters are doing.

[sit-rep]

I don't disagree at all. The problem is, they don't. Which tells a little story it'self...

[Mister Da]

I agree with your idea, but just as in the USA, many french parents, muslim or not, are afraid of their uncontrollable kids, or are cruising a river in Egypt - Denial.

Also, I suspect the insurgents (man, it feels good to use this PC word against the PC french) are well armed by now. Probably why the french police are not making alot of arrests.