Chirac: We Must Pay Off The Rioters To Ensure This Does Not Happen Again

Well, he didn't use those exact words. But here is the complete Reuters article by Jon Boyle. And here are the words he did use:

PARIS (Reuters) - France must draw the consequences of two weeks of riots and respond quickly to the problems raised by the rioters, President Jacques Chirac said on Thursday as a police chief warned of possible unrest in the heart of Paris.

Well, what do you think?

Sounds like an apologist to me. Sounds like French people need to look inward and blame themselves for having it better than others. At least that's what Chirac is implying. Don't put the responsibility on the people that burned up cars and trashed buildings, but make damned sure the average citizen of France feels guilty for it.

I can only wonder just why Chirac and his equally inept partner Villepin, took so long to act. Even after the crackdown has produced a significant reduction, there seems to be some second guessing, but not the way you'd expect. You would expect them to be asking themselves, why did we wait so long? We could have done this sooner and had saved a lot of money, grief, and embarassment. But that isn't the way it's playing out.

Let's read on:

A poll showed that 73 percent of French people welcomed the measures, which are available to authorities in 38 cities and suburban areas including Paris.

However, some critics say Villepin overreacted by reviving a measure dating from Algeria's war of independence against its colonial master France.

"Most elected officials on the ground appear to have been more embarrassed than relieved," the left-leaning newspaper Liberation said in an editorial. "They fear this measure will further stir things up, or believe it to be either an overreaction or totally useless."

Almost three quarters of the people polled were happy with the measures, when they finally got around to it. At some point something had to be done. But the thing that amazes me is that there are still idiots, that actually believe Villepin overreacted, even after waiting 11 days to do anything, besides put out the fires. Villepin finally does something right, late as hell; but it was right, nevertheless. And the leftist critics (that are so near and dear to him)criticize him, for it.

So, how does he react?

Seeking to end the unrest, Villepin pledged on Monday to restore some 100 million euros in funding for grass roots associations working in tough neighbourhoods, and improve prospects in education, the labor market and housing.

This is why Chirac and Villepin will not be in power after the 2007 election. Let them get their ya-yas out now. Let them buy their way out now, because the pendulum swings back hard. Remember, fascism is a natural response to the overkill of socialism. The quickest way to get a fascist response is to run this kind of crap down the people's throats, for so long that they get sick of it enough to get mad, and overcompensate for it. (SEE: Mussolini, then Le Pen)

If the French people don't wake up and see that the route they are taking today, with these bumbling idiots, will most certainly lead to the ruin of the Republic of France, they can just kiss it goodbye now.