What's your take on the situation today?
I heard on the news during the drive in that 1170 more cars were torched last night. The economic total must really be getting up there.
If cars are 7k each avg and 10k cars have burnt thats $70 million..not even counting the buses, buildings, and tourism losses.
No to mention an unstable nuclear power.
I'm no expert but according to official statistics there were 200 less cars torched, thatn Sunday night, that still means de villepin's speech had little effect.
Another red flag is that the media is portraying the slight decrease in official # of cars burnt as the riots are over, when they are not.
Could you imagine the coverage in the US if say 200 cars were torched in riots. It would be non-stop.