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They already have massive social and crime problems with the Muslim communities in their midst, and will only pay an even heavier price for this idiotic policy as time goes on.

You are so right. You know, I have worked closely with some French military personnel in the last few years. Heck, my roommate while I was deployed in the Balkans until a few weeks ago was a French military guy. The ones I have known have been good people, and they DO NOT like the fact that their country is being gradually taken over by muslims. I'm pretty sure there is a major disconnect between their military guys and their politicians.

Yeah, the French completely F***ed up in WWII, but they fought valiantly in WWI and shed a lot of blood. Their Army today (not just the Foreign Legion) is quite professional. They have some good commanders and even the American military acknowledges that they showed some serious cajones last year when one of their armored commanders sent his column directly between Macedonian and Albanian Rebel combatants. He was ready to destroy either party. Both sides decided to cease fire.

I detest the weak willed French politicians. I only wish they where worthy of the present day French military men.

If you happen to read a biography of Patton, you'll find he was a great fan of the French military and had little but contempt for the British. His experiences during WWI were no doubt a factor in this. The French had their share of over-the-top bloodbath charges, but they did stop the Germans in the Valley of the Marne and fought very valliantly. Of course, Patton also believed he had been one of Napoleon's Field Marshalls in a previous life, so that may have had something to do with his attitude as well.

The point is, France is a very different country than it once was and this growing problem with the Muslim population will get a lot worse before it can get better. Frankly, I'm not a fan of Le Pen or his jackboot cadres, but it is difficult to see a genuine solution but expulsion of the "Moors" a'la Ferdinand and Isabela in 1492.

Anybody from anyplace can "become" an American. But to be French (or any other European nationality) involves race and ancestry. The Germans realize this, but the French actually go the extent of pretending that anyone born in their country is descended from the ancient Gauls. In many ways, this sort of socialist thinking involves so much self delusion that it could be classified as a form of mental illness.