French Riots
For once, Pat Buchanan actually makes a point I agree with:
However, I do not agree with assessment that this is going to happen here with Mexican-Americans. I hope this is not the start of a larger ground conflict across the West. The War began a long time ago. It can olny spread.
This is the larger meaning of the ritual murder of Theo Van Gogh in Holland, the subway bombings in London, the train bombings in Madrid, the Paris riots spreading across France. The perpetrators of these crimes in the capitals of Europe are the children of immigrants who were once the colonial subjects of the European empires.
At this writing, the riots are entering their 12th night and have spread to Rouen, Lille, Marseille, Toulouse, Dijon, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Cannes, Nice. Thousands of cars and buses have been torched and several nursery schools fire-bombed. One fleeing and terrified woman was doused with gasoline and set ablaze.
The rioters are of Arab and African descent, and Muslim. While almost all are French citizens, they are not part of the French people. For never have they been assimilated into French culture or society. And some wish to remain who and what they are. They live in France but are not French.
The rampage began October 27 when two Arab youths, fleeing what they mistakenly thought was a police pursuit, leapt onto power lines and were electrocuted. The two deaths ignited the riots.
However, I do not agree with assessment that this is going to happen here with Mexican-Americans. I hope this is not the start of a larger ground conflict across the West. The War began a long time ago. It can olny spread.
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