Joe, the problem the French government and military are also facing is that now 15% of the French Army are Muslims. And that is reflected somewhat all over Europe, and the percentages are growing.
So, if the answer is a military one, it's difficult now...and may be impossible later.
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i have read and seen the effects of this so-called "intifada" in France. I have seen how devastating it can... [MORE]
jan
Nov 16, 2006 19:36
I dont recall my self to be interested in religios mattters or spiritual aspects of humans or whatever... Although I... [MORE]
Julia B.
Feb 21, 2008 15:07
The French have another real problem on there hands. I don't think they can lay this mess soley in the... [MORE]
Kevin
Nov 15, 2006 01:19
Dear Az,
it is you who are ignorant or pretend to be one. The rioting muslims do not want to integrate... [MORE]
G
Nov 14, 2006 23:16
It is true that the french have a very rigid job market. French employers prefer to remain overstretched than to... [MORE]
Steven
Nov 1, 2006 22:38
Millions of immigrants came to Europe during the last 50 years. I get the impression that during the next 50... [MORE]
Jay Jay naidoo
Nov 15, 2006 00:08
France's inequality for its Muslim citizens coupled with laxed laws and weak law enforcement, a true recipe for disaster. I... [MORE]
Lidia
Nov 1, 2006 21:52
You were doing fairly well as you talked about the French inability to assimilate it's immigrants into society. The need... [MORE]
John
Nov 1, 2006 08:59
I am a frequent traveler to France and one thing you will notice in France is that the high level... [MORE]
Al C.
Nov 1, 2006 08:43
I'm an American living in France. This commentary is completely misleading. First of all, Paris does not ressemble Ramallah in... [MORE]
Deb
Oct 31, 2006 08:19
I have been to the slums of France and i have been and worked in the slums of America. There... [MORE]
don turco
Nov 1, 2006 10:17
As far as this article goes, DEB, I believe that the author was simply stating that in the U.S., despite... [MORE]
Tivo
Nov 28, 2007 14:26
The public bus service is my city was permanently shut down because my city council members rejected the support of... [MORE]
Harold Leese
Feb 1, 2008 21:19
If as you seem to think France doesnt have the means to main peace within its own borders. I don't... [MORE]
FreedomFries
Oct 30, 2006 21:23
I mean, yes, it's obvious that the situation is worrying.
Yet, after reading your article and your suggestions to get out... [MORE]
FreedomFries come from Freedomland
Oct 30, 2006 21:08
Where is Oriana Fallaci now that the world needs her? The right and the left dismissed her views, but history... [MORE]
Vincenzo Terranova
Oct 29, 2006 20:48
As relates to Israel, they often make tactical errors and errors based on an optimistic hope for peace. As relates... [MORE]
Abu Shaia
Oct 29, 2006 16:19
Give them an inch, they're gonna want a mile. [MORE]
JBM
Oct 29, 2006 16:17
One premise of this article is that France's not joining the Iraqi War was based on French fear of its... [MORE]
Abu-Shaia
Oct 29, 2006 15:24
Unless level headed members of this "faith" get control of the increasingly radical bunch, they are in for an eventual... [MORE]
J.
Oct 29, 2006 14:36
Frank, You very wisely asked the precise question that we all need to be asking our governments. Perfect!!
The time will... [MORE]
Wayne
Oct 29, 2006 09:19
The blame for the "failure to integrate its Muslim community" cannot be attributed to misguided French policies. That would be... [MORE]
Arthur Dieli
Oct 29, 2006 01:16
Hoipolloi, it is not quite right to say Muslims are ignorant of Christianity. Islam believes that Jews and Christians received... [MORE]
haim
Oct 28, 2006 21:27
We in Europe for years ignored the problem of people in a country but not part of the country. Britian... [MORE]
cliff
Oct 28, 2006 16:34
I worry for Europe....Great Britain, Holland, France, Italy, Germany, and other parts of the continent. I worry that they are... [MORE]
Deborah
Oct 28, 2006 09:18
Well when unemplyment is high, police kill youths and goverment is arrogant of the issue regardles if its muslims or... [MORE]
sam
Oct 28, 2006 09:18
The recent event in Paris again shows that appeasement does not work. The French never seem to learn from their... [MORE]
Stupidity
Oct 28, 2006 01:07
I 'm beginning to think Australia is the only country left with a will to survive. They have, in several... [MORE]
aramkr
Oct 27, 2006 21:13
believe me, the intifada has less to do with religion and more to do with a popular uprising caused by... [MORE]
amjad
Oct 27, 2006 19:22
Then it must be lack of self worth for these young men. What future do they have ? Work must... [MORE]
Maggie
Oct 27, 2006 18:18
You are so right about France. We can and must win the War on Terror, but we will lose if... [MORE]
Hyatt Seligman
Oct 27, 2006 14:29
Islam this, Islam That,..Muslim this Muslim that...I mean I try to understand your point of view, the least I can... [MORE]
Values
Oct 28, 2006 23:29
It is interesting that both religion cliam to be from GOD. I preaches you get eternal life through LOVE, and... [MORE]
Henry Weinmeister
Oct 27, 2006 13:52
This is not an issue of racism it is an issue of some selected muslims who are uneducated and who... [MORE]
Zain
Oct 27, 2006 10:47
"France would do well to send troops to fight the islamists in Iraq"
CORRECTION: not "in Iraq", but "in France". [MORE]
joe Kaffir
Oct 27, 2006 10:27
Joe, the problem the French government and military are also facing is that now 15% of the French Army are...
Dave
Oct 27, 2006 12:24
The problem is that the french people are in a state of denial. They keep speaking of "problems with "disaffected... [MORE]