Rioting Spreads From Paris Across France (France starts using Helicopters)

AP ^ | Nov 4 2005 | AP

[Richard Kimball]

"Violence is not the solution."

Violence has solved every war, football game, and half of all marriages.

[samtheman]

I love the smell of Paris burning in the morning. It smells like SCHADENFREUDE.

Best analysis of this situation to date. Thanks.

[Right Wing Assault]

And how do they capture the 'yoots' with the helicopter? Do the yoots all stay together and run into the arms of the waiting police? I am sure the yoots scatter and just run down alleys or go into a 30 story high-rise slum and that's that.

Then they can pretend to chase some more yoots until the copter runs out of fuel. Copters are great for chasing a single vehicle (or shooting at things, which the french will never do), but they don't work to well on groups of people unless the people are stupid enough to stay in a group. I am sure it is a great game for the yoots to find a copter and have it chase them.

[US_MilitaryRules]

But, but, but, the fuel is expensive!

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Has the stupid frog government never heard of the word curfew. Apply the curfew and arrest or kill anyone caught out breaking it.

[Duffboy]

The mayor was obviously a collaborator in olden days of Nazi occupation. How long will it be before France hollers for
help from the outside world?

[Firefox1]

Marauding youths......? This sounds very PC to me. Is it really a bunch of white French Teenagers causing havoc? Tell the truth. It's young Muslim, African, and Arab men mad at the system. Hey, don't get me wrong. The French have a real 'class' system. It's almost impossible to move up in that society, especially if you have a unique cultural background. However, the press is worried that the 'us regualar folks' wouldn't be able to handle the actual facts of the situation. French culture is awash with arogance. They keep the mnorities locked in ghettos shook hands with Saddam...It's just catching up to them in the form of these riots.

[Mr. Mojo]

"The violence, which was concentrated in neighborhoods with large African and Muslim populations"

African and Muslim? I believe the author means "African Muslim" ("Muslim" being the operative word).

"....forced France to address the simmering anger of its suburbs"

Hint for the Frogs: Immigration policy.

[Caipirabob]

"We are not going to start militias," he said. "You would have to be everywhere."

Local Militias may be effective in preventing property damage in neighborhood areas by creating a safety zone for citizens. Thoughts? Are these folks gutless or realistic?

For my money I'd want to pop off a few shots at the hostiles before they cut my head off.

[Godzilla]

Let me know when they start using helicopter gunships.

My thoughts exactly, you beat me to it.

[No Truce With Kings]

It's a quagmire.

[vbmoneyspender]

It smells like SCHADENFREUDE.

Its out-in-the-openfreude for me.

[paudio]

On Saturday morning, more than 1,000 people took part in a silent march in one of the worst-hit suburbs, Aulnay-sous-Bois. One banner read: "No to violence."

Was the banner meant for the "Muslim youth" or the police? You know, those "against police brutality" crowd..

[Right Wing Assault]

How long will it be before France hollers for help from the outside world?

To the french, they ARE the world.

[sphinx]

I think this calls for maximum tact. In the most gracious terms possible, President Bush should offer France some counterinsurgency teams fresh from Iraq, plus the 101st Airborne as backup since the French Army is no longer combat ready.

We would, of course, have to insist on U.S. command.

Alternatively, we should propose a UN peacekeeping mission to be staffed primarily by Francophone African troops from the various French ex-colonies, plus bilingual Canadians.

[Tench_Coxe]

"The town had previously escaped the violence, the worst rioting in at least a decade in France. Some residents demanded that the army be deployed, or that citizens band together to protect their neighborhoods. At the school gate, Mayor Alain Outreman tried to calm tempers.

"We are not going to start militias," he said. "You would have to be everywhere." "

Hmmmmm. Could it be that the spirit of Charles Martel lurks in the hearts of the average Frenchman, somewhere deep down?
You know, I'm wondering if one of two scenarios happens:
1. The French people decide to take matters into their own hands, only to see their government clap down on them instead of those causing the problem.
2. The French people decide to take matters into their own hands, and the French government, afraid of the people storming the Bastille after taking care of the problem, decides to do what it was elected to do.

[Right Wing Assault]

Apply the curfew and arrest or kill anyone caught out breaking it.

That would be culturally insensitive (which makes it illegal) to nocturnal rioters.

[Unknowing]

This just in from the cultural idiosyncracies department:

France: "We are not going to start militias," he said. "You would have to be everywhere."

United States: "We are going to start militias. We are everywhere."

[.cnI redruM]

They're giving the French a great opportunity to effect some urban renewal.

[chris1]

The violence, which was concentrated in neighborhoods with large African and Muslim populations but has since spread, has forced France to address the simmering anger of its suburbs, where immigrants and their French-born children live on the margins of society.


SEND THEM THE F^&*& HOME ALREADY!