[HangnJudge]

Ruh Roh

He's stepped in it now
He must support his police of the system will crash

[hummingbird]

Ruh Roh

First thing I thought, too, when I saw this headline. "Ruh Roh," big time!

I'm not knowledgeable about French law enforcement...can I assume the local police are first line? Is there a second line of defense like perhaps our National Guard?

If this quickly blows up and out-of-hand, does Chirac declare martial law or something like that?

I'm thinking of Iran, too, as I post this. Should the student movement "take to the streets," would the mullahs declare a martial law situation? Would they have the police or troops to back up a martial law situation?