[GSlob]

"viscous psychopaths"
Actually, the psychopaths are rather free-flowing.

[SMARTY]

I have never understood how any country could permit Muslims to enter their territory and proceed to make unreasonable cultural/political demands. It would be like a guest renovating his host's home or re arranging the furniture. Where do they get off anyway? Enough with them. Don't like the host country...?? go home!

[xzins]

If France were a movie character, it'd be that little annoying thing that hung out with Jabba the Hut.

[Ciexyz]

France is already lost. Tout est perdu, mes amis.

[cweese]

Muslim terrorists saved the day by kidnapping two French female reporters

I thought the kidnapped reporters were men? Anyone know what happened to them? Working for Al-jazeera would be my guess.

[Polyxene]

The day of reckoning is coming soon for the frogs. Can't wait to hear what comes out of Chirac's mouth then!

[retiredcpo]

How very sad.

[An Old Marine]

Actually the French probably have the leader they desrve in Jaques. Its a nation of people who have essentuially taken a suicide pact in the face of looney Muslims estremists.

[Conservative Canuck]

It's their own colonies come back to bite 'em. But don't be so hard on the guy. He's just carrying on in the great tradition of Loius XVIII (suffered humiliating defeat at the hands of the Germans at Sedan and ran away); Napoleon (invaded Russia, suffered a humilitaing defeat and ran away); De Gaulle (Suffered a humiliating defeat on the Maginot line, and ran away); Petain, Leader of Vichy France (Nazi collaberators. They didn't run away, they just surrendered without a fight), Viet Nam (De Gaulle again). Giscard D'Estang (bravely attacked an unarmed Greenpeace ship, sinking it an killing five in a mine attack).

[Owl558]

The French love dead jews. I guess it doesn't matter much to them who is killing them.

[moose2004]

I hate France (especially Chirac) and their anti-American politics, but I love French women!

[hermgem]

The french in their belief of intellectual superiority made a deal they thought would allow for continuance of business as usual when it came time to no longer be colonizers.
The French made Algerians and Moroccans French citizens.
Instead of these natives staying put and continue to serve their former masters, some 5 million concluded that living in France has advantages.
These citizens then relocated to their new motherland.
To top it off, under E.U. regulations citizens are free to move to other countries within the E.U.
Germany is quite weary of this fact.

[hsalaw]

Chirac is crazy if he thinks he can placate those murderous radicals. Either that, or he's been bought.

[reagan_fanatic]

France is home to Europe’s greatest Muslim population, largely immigrants from her former African colonies in Algeria and Morocco. Mr. Chirac knows he must constantly appease the hearts and minds of his country’s fundamentalist hotheads…or else.

That same sort of appeasement to muslims could happen right here in America as well.