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They are purposefully doing just enough to scare the pants of the french and force them to give concessions.

But that's not the M-O of Al Qaeda. They're not interested in political reforms. They want dead bodies. That's why I'm decrying all the chatter that AQ is behind this. They're not. It does, however, provide a great opening for AQ to make some serious headway in radicalizing these thugs to their kind of mayhem.

Some of the Islamic elders of these French suburbs are already calling, not just for political reforms, but for semi-autonomous enclaves governed, in part, by sharia. The next step will be to try to influence national policy, such as forcing bars and resturants in France to close during Ramadan between sunrise and sunset. I think Islamic legal scholars already consider France as being close to becoming a Dar al Sulh. Autonomous little Jihadistans and the national policy influence recognizing Islamic holy days would definitely put France in that camp. I think many French elites realize this and would welcome such a situation.

Al Qaeda's M-O changed after we forced Israel to give the Gaza strip. By forcing Israel to concede we showed Islam that it can actually take and occupy land by simply using local forces to pitch huge temper tantrums. In the mind of Islam, these troubled areas of France are now officially occupied lands. All they have to do is keep raising hell and then accepting concessions until they take control of France

This strategy is extremely cost effective. There is no need to move equipment or personnel. The participants are dirt poor and expendable, and the organizers stay safely hidden and well out of harms way. There is no financial paper trail to follow to the big dogs in Al Qaeda/Islam because nothing had to be financed. It's the perfect strategy.

AQ is constantly learning new techniques and changing with the times. Flying airplanes into buildings wasn't part of their MO either, until they did it.

World governments are lethargic, slow to move, slow to decide, and slow to learn.

AQ is fluid, and snatches opportunities where and when they see them. That's why the French are now trapped like rats by the forces of Islam.

We are going to suffer the same fate if we don't wake up and stop expecting AQ to just keep on doing the same old stuff. Our government also needs to realize once and for all that Islam cannot be bought and it cannot be negotiated with.