Posted on 11/06/2005 10:36:31 AM PST by cloud8
Jacques Chirac convened the Interior Security Council on violence in the suburbs in the Elysee Palace late Sunday afternoon. [snip]
The meeting was called yesterday when a spokesman of the Head of the State stated that Mr. Chirac would express himself on the crisis in the suburbs "at the proper time, if he considers it necessary".
The Interior Security Council meets in camera, according to whether a given situation is considered to be serious or urgent. Such a meeting had been convened following the murderous terrorist attacks July 7 in London.
In response to the protests of his silence, Jacques Chirac pleaded that it was the hour of "action".
In addition, at the beginning of afternoon Dominique de Villepin met with police, gendarmes working in the significant urban zones, and teachers working in suburbs. Villepin will make "specific proposals" during the week to try to address the crisis, a spokesman announced Sunday. [snip--the rest is a rehash]
What's he waiting for? Versaille in flames? The Louvre destroyed? Notre Dame turned into a mosque?
France has a big problem when there is no one to surrender to.
A freaking title in French?
"France has a big problem when there is no one to surrender to."
Yes there is: They can just cede their territory to the "Muslim Brotherhood":
"All we demand is to be left alone," said Mouloud Dahmani, one of the local "emirs" engaged in negotiations to persuade the French to withdraw the police and allow a committee of sheiks, mostly from the Muslim Brotherhood, to negotiate an end to the hostilities. "
See post 21 on this thread:
Chirac Calls Security Meeting Over Riots
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516818/posts
Can you believe if something like this was happening in our country and Bush had not responded for nearly 2 weeks. The press, as well as the American public, would want his head.
Urban violence: Chiraq reunites (reconvenes) an interior security counsel
"..s'il l'estime nécessaire»."
And they keep electing him...
I wonder what wine they'll serve....
Martial Law surely should be declared by now
He's being very French. It's beneath the dignity of the Head of State to worry about petty matters like Muslim riots and killings.
I think the original idea was to let them burn out the ghettos and then blame Sarkozy. But it's not at all certain that Sarkozy is the one who will come out of this looking bad. They thought they could contain the violence easily within the ghetto walls, but now it's beginning to look dicey. Patronizing benevolence from on high may not be what the voters want--especially since Chirac was already unpopular.
Yeah, for someone who sees himself as protecting French culture from Anglo-Saxon influence, Chirac doesn't seem too worried about forces that will actually destroy French culture.
> A freaking title in French?
LOL mon ami :)
It is important that the title of a post be the same as the sourced article. Otherwise you get duplicates or the search engine won't find it.
I was going to include a translation in brackets, but it had too many characters.
C'est la vie.
Take a step back still...they haven't even declared a curfew yet I believe...
"..s'il l'estime nécessaire»."
> And they keep electing him...
I don't hate the French like some folks do around here, but that really is the height of Gallic arrogance.
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