Mark Steyn on the Euroarabian war currently happening in the suburbs of France

"...we kept hearing all this stuff ever since September 11th, you know, the Muslim street is going to explode in anger. Well, it finally did, and it was in Paris, not in the Middle East."

"...You have to confront honestly what's happening with these disaffected Muslim populations in Europe. I mean, most of the September 11th bombers, the Millenium bomber, a lot of these people all passed through various parts of the European welfare state..."

"...the Europeans have been tolerant of, for example, Palestinian terrorism for years, and of the intifada that's been going on in France against synagogues and Jewish schools and Kosher butchers and all the rest. And now, it's moved on to more general targets. They're suddenly finding it's kind of harder to appease these people.

"...one consequence of that is that a lot more people are going to be voting for fringe parties in the next election. We forget. The last presidential election, 20% of the French electorate voted for the fascist candidate."


P.S. À atenção dos viajantes:

"...these riots are...happening between Charles De gaulle Airport and downtown Paris...they're happening in a part of the city where it's all too easy for people arriving at the airport and heading downtown to come across it."