So's France. Did we honestly expect them to go with strength and bravery instead of appeasement?
Call it the triumph of hope over experience.
No, but France is basicly setting the tone for western nations here. As France goes, the terrorist could reason, so will go the rest of them. This is going to affect more than France.
It is amazing to think that any adult(s) could reason what France is doing, is best under these conditions.