Posted on 06/30/2017 11:33:13 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Americans are still waiting for a border wall, but France is set to get a wall of their own by the end of the year.
Unlike the American iteration, this barrier won’t be erected on the French border. It’s set to surround the Eiffel Tower to shield it from terrorist attacks.
Last month, the Paris city council approved a $20 million bulletproof glass wall, just over 8 feet high, that will surround the iconic tower.
In a country proudly obsessed with art and beauty, this will be an obnoxious eyesore and a reminder that war and violence is just a breath away in the seemingly pacific city of romance.
Paris, like so many other European cities, has become ground zero for relentless terrorist attacks by Islamists.
I recently had the opportunity to visit France as a tourist, and enjoyed it immensely. The food was amazing (of course), and the service surprisingly friendly.
Perhaps this is because the country has been inundated by terrorist attacks and the people are just happy that tourists still decide to show up. A recent report showed that the tourism industry in Paris suffered a stunning $750 million drop and a decline of about a million visitors from 2015 to 2016.
The heightened level of security struck me as I traveled through the northern part of the country, especially when I was in Paris. The City of Lights is now constantly patrolled by men in military uniforms with rifles at the ready.
When I visited the Hôtel National des Invalides, a national military history museum, a soldier with rifle drawn sifted through my belongings at the gate to make sure I didn’t have anything suspicious.
These are scenes that, fortunately, are still quite uncommon in the United States.
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PING!
Embrace diversity....
I thought we were suppose to build bridges?
Yeah, WE’RE supposed to build bridges - THEY can build walls.
At least they’re not turning it into a minaret.
(That’s next.)
First let me say that I love France I went to college there, I lived inGeneva and crossed the border almost every day.... but....
If they put scaffolding around the Eiffel Tower how would anyone know?
(There, I said it)
Life would be much easier if:
1. The world would say out loud that m*slims account for the vast majority of murders, rapes and burnings in the world.
2. Kick them the hell out.
So walls don’t work when Trump wants them but they work very well when France wants them. Does that about cover it?
Instead, they should build walls around the no-go zones.
I sadly guess that my dream city is a no go. Depressing. Feel so sorry for the French people seeing their country destroyed.
Oh no- is it going to be bigger than the Vatican, bammy, and zuckerberg walls?
Gee, figures I’ve seen showed a decline of 1.5 million visitors. And this ain’t gonna help bring them back.
They’d be better off building a wall around FRANCE ... and then deporting muzztards. I note that “trebuchet” is a French word ... their own history provides a handy method of deportation ...
No need for a wall around the Note Dame. It’s going to become a mosque.
RIP La France. Muslims doing what the British could not do for centuries — conquer Frances. As always, it is the enemy within not the one without that western civilizations fall to. That is what happens when you lose your moral compass. You weaken, invite the invaders in, and collapse.
There go the picturesque photos.
The tradeoff is they get to keep the violent jihadi yutes in their country.
Come on now France, built bridges, not walls.
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