You might be right - I honestly just don't know.
Every instinct I have says attack attack attack.
I have to beleive that there is some level of mental calculation here - as much as we love to ridicule the French leadership - they are not without the ability to reason - after all - this is their country this is happening to.
I just offer the possibility that they are calculating a no-win situation.
"...as much as we love to ridicule the French leadership - they are not without the ability to reason - after all - this is their country this is happening to."
The French have proven to be weak, deceptive, and calculating. In the past and present.
One poster's mention of the Arab/French business ties makes more sense than anything else I've read regarding the French lack of response. The French government will respond as any socialist government will, they will do what's best for the individuals in the government, regardless of consequence.