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  • Thinly veiled gloating in U.S. over French riots

    11/08/2005 7:53:22 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 146 replies · 4,222+ views
    Deutsche Presse-Agentur ^ | Nov 8, 2005 | Laszlo Trankovits
    Washington - France's explosion of rioting has captivated Americans, who tend to view the French as smug, snooty and quick to point fingers at what\'s wrong with the United States. Now it's payback time, and influential media outlets and analysts can barely conceal their gloating. Conservative newspapers like the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times are proclaiming a blow to European self- righteousness and the continent's welfare-state economies, which they say are partly to blame for immigrants' misery. 'Just two months ago, the French watched in horrified fascination at the anarchy of New Orleans, where members of America's underclass...