In France, Jihadists who have taken up residence within the country are trying to blackmail voters to maintain the status quo whereby Islamic youths are allowed to wage war against the police unmolested
A year after one of the most traumatic episodes in modern France, the conditions that touched off three weeks of suburban rioting remain firmly in place and there is widespread fear that a new outburst is only a question of time....
"Has anything changed? Look around you -- we're all still here. Nothing to do -- no jobs, and the police still harassing us," said Kiko, 23, who has just emerged from serving a jail sentence for fraud....
"Sarko is the provocative element," said Kiko. "And if he is elected next year I warn you: people will be killed."
"Sarko" is Nicolas Sarkozy who is running for President of France on a law and order, anti-Socalist platform. He says
it is left-wing welfare policies of 30 years that have led to the crisis -- and that a liberalised economy combined with positive discrimination is the only way to provide jobs and hope.
The Socialist Party in France opposes Sarkozy claiming he is
part of the problem -- because of his poisonous reputation in the "banlieues" and his uncompromising line on law and order.
The "banlieues" being
the poor out-of-town neighbourhoods where black and Arab-origin communities are concentrated.
The fact is, Islamists have claimed certain parts of France, including the suburbs of Paris, as their own. And they are actively attempting to keep police out.
Police have raised the alarm over a recent string of ambushes in the Paris outskirts -- the latest on Sunday when a bus was torched -- and say they are increasingly the targets of physical attacks.
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But is such voter intimidation in France any different than the sentiment here in the US?
... whether it is hubris, loony tunes, or both, the White House’s freakish calm about the elections makes me as nervous as the hell we seem to be headed for. Therefore we should all be on alert. If for whatever reason we don’t win back Congress in November the only real answer will be to take to the streets.
There is little difference between the Leftists here, who want to appease Islamists and the Socialists in France. And both only support the Democratic process when it results in the outcome pleasing to them.
Granted, the Islamists want more time to be able to fully secure their beachead in France. But in both cases, their contempt for Democracy is rooted in the firm belief that their ideology will fix all human suffering and this whole Democracy thing just messes things up.
The flag of Islam should be flown over Leinster House, an Islamic extremist said tonight.
Speaking in Dublin before addressing a Trinity College debate, Anjem Choudray also reiterated controversial views that Muslim violence is justified in certain circumstances.
The British-born lawyer, 39, angered the Irish Government last year when he said that Ireland risked becoming a target for a 9/11 style attack because it allowed US war planes to refuel at Shannon Airport.
Mr Choudray said: “As a Muslim, I believe Islam is superior to every other way of life and that it can resolve all the social and economic problems that Ireland suffers from.
“And as a symbol of that, the flag of Islam should be flown over the Dáil.
“This is symbolic of the fact that all societies will be run better according to God’s law.”
Remove the word "God" and these words could have been uttered by Socialists or Communists.
And they are.
