You have a way with words, a good writing talent.
One other thing I noticed in the article, was that there wasn't one comment about the growing French Muslim population, which is increasingly resisting assimilation.
Excellent point, and the worst part is that so few Frenchmen see it at all. If Muslims traipsed into Arlington and vandalized graves, the main (and unwarranted) concern would be that a million rednecks would get their shotguns and start lynching any Muslim they could find. It happened in France, and the main concern was that the British tourists would stay home.