French Police Face 'Permanent Intifada' - washingtonpost.com

Unfortunately, the French don't know what to do about this increasing challenge to their society. They face it with a combination of dispair and self-delusion, and the real danger exists that a far right ascendency (or at least, serious challenge) to power could be triggered in the elections. In additon, these problems, as well as te well publicized issues in Britain lately over face covering Muslim women, points to the problems we face at sharing the world with an increasingly militant Muslim population.

We might complain about the cultural and social indigestion that the unprecedented wave of Hispanic and other immigration has created during the last decade in the US, accentuated by multiculturalist policies (like overly-forgiving bilingual eduation programs), that ignored centuries old lessons in the integration of new Americans into our social and economic fiber. However, by any measure, we are apparently one hell of a lot more successful at making new Americans than the French are at making new Frenchmen (or anyone else at making new countrymen, for that matter) . At a time when we have a lot to be concerned about with our nation, our standing in the world, our culture and the variety of security and economic threats to our way of life, this French social problem is a nice reminder of the uniqueness and greatness of our nation and our way of life. We are all blessed.

French Police Face 'Permanent Intifada' - washingtonpost.com