The Changing Face of Europe

Post-9/11 Era Forum

What kind of attitude would you expect: denying that such agressions have happened in France. They did happen, and, you are right, they have been committed by people of muslim denomination.
Not later than tonight, we learned that a catholic church has been ransacked in Nice, in a quarter mostly inhabited by muslims.
We do have a problem with a minority of people who contempt our laws and have no respect for other citizens.
One of the effort carried out to solve the problem is a proper education. In parallel, and it is important to point it out, the police and the justice are extremely severe in the punisment of these people. No need to add that their acts are condemned by the vast majority of the population, muslims included.
People with caps on their head still walk in the streets of France, and I am confident that this will always be possible.
I don't agree about your appreciation of european foreign policy in general, French one in particular, and Chirac actions more specifically.
I really believe that the position is balanced and that efforts are being done to reach agreements on the world scene so that, for example, Israëlis and Palestinians can live peacefully on their piece of land.
The "Hitler" label granted to Chirac is absurd and insulting. By the way, I did not approve some extreme-lefts placards labeling Bush as a new Hitler. In both cases this is non-sense.

Not only will Muslims in France continue with their hatred for Jews, they will soon bite the hand that feeds them. Chirac has ignorantly befriended the enemy.

You guys are amazing in your logic:
1) We are the good guys, so we can't be wrong.
No, we were wrong. We were wrong to give France a vote on the security councel.

2) Ben Laden is not Iraqi, but we must Punish him, so let's attack Iraq, perhaps is there wmd down there.
Ben Who?

3) All allies which are not attacking Iraq because we decided so are traitors.
No, not trailors, because you were never with us in the first place. More like hypocrites.

4) Because Iraq is a muslim country, then all muslims are terrorists.
No, not all but, coming to a theater near you.

5) Because some muslims live in some European countries, those countries supports Saddam or terrorism.
No, not some. France and Russia.

From the experience of this part of the world I can confirm that Muslim immigrants are never assimilated in European society.

It may be so because their culture differs drastically from the European. But the situation, to mind, looks like this.

1. In 1960 France invited many Muslim immigrants from North Africa.

2. Those have much higher birth rate then ethnic French people. While ethnic French women don't want to have children, prefering the benefits of career and wealth, Muslims generally have large families.

Conclusions:

Now we see that the Muslim share in France's society is increasing because of it.

Then, the French can do nothing to this. The Muslim immigrants entered France almost fifty years ago. They mostly have French citizenship. So, the authorities can't send them back.
The age of the massacre of St. Bartholomew passed long ago, and Mr. Chirac won't shoot Muslims from a window in Palais de L'Elysees.

Moreover, don't whether that's true:

jvstr you seem to leave out one important detail in your assertion. The USA is the only country constantly meddling in that region.

Perhaps this may have something to do with us being targeted so frequently? Hmmmmm!!!

We did not expect from you guys anything else that this display of empty hate.

Ditto.