Riots in Paris Highlight Deeper Problems
The rioting began after 2 Muslim boys of N African descent were electrocuted while scaling a wall in the run-down suburb of Clichy-Sous-Bois. A public prosecutor claims that the boys were being chased by French Police. Police say this is not the case.
Since the incident there has been nightly rioting in the Muslim dominated Clichy Sous Bois suburb and is quickly spreading to other demographically and geographically similar areas.
But what is really going on? France is, after all, so quick to judge everyone else as an "occupier" and a "victimizer" and to pride itself for being a "melting pot like no other".
Yet throughout history no other country has AND STILL DOES "occupy" Muslim lands, forcing the people to adapt their customs and speak their language. Hence it is no wonder the immigrants come in droves to France? It is after all, an extension of their own countries, cultures, and languages?
So now who will Chirac blame when this is all out in the open? When the victims of the oil for food scam, say, come to collect from Paris National Bank?
President Jaques Chirac is calling for "firmness, dialogue, and respect" in the North African immigrant community at the heart of the rioting. But from where does he expect it to come? The North African immigrants?
Perhaps he expects it to come from the French citizens who did not ask to be a part of his policies and ideas to begin with? Those who don't agree with his ideologies and politics? Those who in fact do think Hamas is a terrorist organization or that Saddam Hussein and the Baath party are thugs? How about those who back the Center-Right Union for Popular Movement Party and NOT SOCIALISM?
Chirac, your number is up. French arrogance will soon be a "cliche' ".
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