Monday, November 07, 2005
France at War
French Army Reserves Called Up
It was reported today that in view of the continued devastation in the nation the French Army was being called out and some reserves activated. It was also reported that over 50,000 vehicles have been torched! If verified, this is a far more serious situation than originally thought, and may eventually lead to the fall of the Chirac government for its tepid responses so far.
Here again is the concept of terrorist tactics: hit and run, and never face the Army or the Police in a head-to-head fight. Shades of Iraqi insurgency tactics, is it not, but now in France! A curfew will help a bit, but so long as the forces use rubber bullets and tear gas to try to rein in the terrorists, they will not succeed. The reason is simple: the terrorists know that rubber bullets are not lethal, although at close range they can be very hurtful and bruising, so they ride or fight with helmets and heavy leather jackets on which is sufficient armor to protect them most of the time.
The perimeter of the Paris suburbs of concern is quite long, perhaps 60 to 80 or more miles around, and 10 to 15 miles in radius. The number of troops and police required to shut this area down tight is large. If they only block the main streets, the motorcycles of the terrorists will not be hindered from reaching out from their base positions to any other cities they wish, especially if they are sufficiently organized to use cell phones to report on blockades and free roads. Another report today was that 400 French cities had experienced torching of vehicles so far.
France is assuredly in a war. A war she must win, or we will see the partitioning of the nation into Muslim and non-Muslim sectors or cantonments, which would be a huge victory for Islam in Europe. And so goes France, so goes the rest of Europe, baloney slice at a time. This time, I am not in favor of coming to their aid, not that we would be asked, for it is their own internal policies, actions and attitudes that have created this insurrection. Let them solve it themselves. After all, it is merely a few youths on motorbikes isn't it? They ought to be able to handle that themselves.
UPDATE 11/8/05 10:55 PM
The number of autos burned seems to have been more like 5,000 to date, not 50,000 as originally reported. Plus, it was police reserves not Army reserves that were called out. So much for Fox.
French Army Reserves Called Up
It was reported today that in view of the continued devastation in the nation the French Army was being called out and some reserves activated. It was also reported that over 50,000 vehicles have been torched! If verified, this is a far more serious situation than originally thought, and may eventually lead to the fall of the Chirac government for its tepid responses so far.
Here again is the concept of terrorist tactics: hit and run, and never face the Army or the Police in a head-to-head fight. Shades of Iraqi insurgency tactics, is it not, but now in France! A curfew will help a bit, but so long as the forces use rubber bullets and tear gas to try to rein in the terrorists, they will not succeed. The reason is simple: the terrorists know that rubber bullets are not lethal, although at close range they can be very hurtful and bruising, so they ride or fight with helmets and heavy leather jackets on which is sufficient armor to protect them most of the time.
The perimeter of the Paris suburbs of concern is quite long, perhaps 60 to 80 or more miles around, and 10 to 15 miles in radius. The number of troops and police required to shut this area down tight is large. If they only block the main streets, the motorcycles of the terrorists will not be hindered from reaching out from their base positions to any other cities they wish, especially if they are sufficiently organized to use cell phones to report on blockades and free roads. Another report today was that 400 French cities had experienced torching of vehicles so far.
France is assuredly in a war. A war she must win, or we will see the partitioning of the nation into Muslim and non-Muslim sectors or cantonments, which would be a huge victory for Islam in Europe. And so goes France, so goes the rest of Europe, baloney slice at a time. This time, I am not in favor of coming to their aid, not that we would be asked, for it is their own internal policies, actions and attitudes that have created this insurrection. Let them solve it themselves. After all, it is merely a few youths on motorbikes isn't it? They ought to be able to handle that themselves.
UPDATE 11/8/05 10:55 PM
The number of autos burned seems to have been more like 5,000 to date, not 50,000 as originally reported. Plus, it was police reserves not Army reserves that were called out. So much for Fox.
All in all, they can have France.
Just leave me the red wines.
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