Riots in France

I have been following the details about the riots occuring in Paris for about a week on the web but these events got little or no coverage in the mainstream press in Canada or the U.S. until a couple of days ago. Apparently these events have now become too significant for the left controlled NA media to ignor. Even the CBC in Canada has began to cover the nightly “events”.

The French government has cancelled a top level diplomatic visit to Canada by Dominique de Villepin and Interior Minister Sarkozy to Pakistan so they can deal with the “unrest”. Most of the reports are vague about who exactly is rioting but some reports have mentioned unhappy “African” and Muslim populations.

I understand similar events have taken place in Denmark but as yet I have not seen any press coverage. Apparently there have been recent clashes between ethnic factions in England as well.

It would appear that France is paying the price for ignoring the factors which have marginalized the Islamic population. It would seem the lack of a clear immigration policy supported by political, economic and social structures, is the underlying cause of the rioting. Who knows to what degree this situation is being exploited by Islamic extremists but it must be considerable. Unfortunately France is not alone.

Everyone knows this situation will not improve without tough measures being taken but who is going to be brave enough to take them.

Recently many expressed the opinion that the hurrican damage in the U.S. revealed how incompetent, violent and racist the U.S. is. (Some as I recall were happy abiut it) Well, the situation in France has the potential to be far more distructive to French society and the solutions will not be as easy as rebuilding levees and homes.

Sauron