[dervish]

While De Villepin and Chirac dithered behind close doors, Sarkozy made a habit of visiting front-line police stations, urging officers to “focus on arrests,” and clean up the neighborhoods “with a power-hose.” Such tough talk, the bane of the pampered elite who hold sway at Le Monde and the BBC, is apparently popular among French citizens desperatly looking for order and normality, as the embattled Sarkozy still manages to garner a 57 percent approval rating. This figure indicates that a majority of the French population, including the shopkeepers, businessmen and productive citizens who day after day struggle to stem France’s economic descent still care about justice and the future of their nation. This beleaguered majority is undoubtedly sickened by Chirac’s equivocation in the face of persistent lawlessness.

[dervish]

are you pinging French riots?

[wagglebee]

Chirac and De Villepin will surrender as soon as they get all of Saddam's oil for food bribes safely out of the country so they can enjoy their retirement.

[nopardons]

bttt