Gadegeslagen

De onrust in Europas wordt door de Amerikaanse pers met interesse gadegeslagen. Veel sensationele beelden ook van brandende auto's etc. Men constateert tevreden dat het Franse sociale zekerheidsmodel niet feilloos is. Ook lees je dat de moslimgemeenschap de reden is waarom Frankrijk destijds geen troepen wilde sturen naar Irak (dat is een doordenker...):

• Nearly three weeks of unrest have jolted France from its dream of living in a colorblind, egalitarian society and forced leaders and intellectuals to grapple with the marginalization of the country's predominantly Muslim North African minorities (NY Times)
• (...) while French welfare has made poverty more bearable, it has done little to promote the ability of people to move up the economic ladder, improve their lives and see a better future. It is a society in which the poor are given much, but own little and are offered few opportunities for self-betterment, a society locked in social and economic immobility. (Washington Times)
• Today, a fearless Muslim advance has penetrated far deeper into Europe than Abd al-Rahman. They're in Brussels, where Belgian police officers are advised not to be seen drinking coffee in public during Ramadan.
• En in zelfde stuk: If you had millions of seething unassimilated Muslim youths in lawless suburbs ringing every major city, would you be so eager to send your troops into an Arab country fighting alongside the Americans? (Chicago Sun)