On the plus side, attacks by rioters in France dropped sharply overnight. France's overnight "success" (only 617 cars torched in 100 towns!) may be due to curfews and emergency security measures.
And here's an encouraging sign that somebody in France is growing a spine: "Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy told parliament that he had ordered the deportation of non-French rioters convicted, even those with valid residency papers."
But wait! According to the same story, the French use of the emergency law "has angered the opposition and Algerian immigrants, many of whom called it a 'provocation'."
Uh-oh. France musn't get them angry! Because then they might do something violent!
Ahem.
Deporting people to stop them from committing arson and mayhem is not provocation.
This is provocation:
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Why must the French avoid "provocation" at all costs, while Islamist youths are offered rewards (more jobs! more opportunities!) for having literally set fire to France?
Whether the immediate violence is winding down or just winding up, the trouble behind it is neither over nor necessarily confined to France. Check out LaShawn Barber's How Empires End.
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