Re: These riots grow more dangerous with each passing day. Why does Chirac not call out the military and ask for Sarkozy's resignation asap?
Actually, the riots seem to wear down in terms of violence while they keep spreading geographically.... At this time, however, there's no need for calling in the military. Remember, this is France, not the US: there's no Second Amendment, no gun culture. French ghettoes, unlike their American counterparts, are not teeming with gun-toting thugs. That's why the only serious shooting incidents that have been reported so far involved hunting guns or airguns.
I see. Its okay they are running amok burning buildings and cars, threatening tourists, requiring the need for a nationwide curfew because it could be worse.....they could have guns.
You have a unique way of putting things into perspective. You do understand that you don't need guns to make molotov cocktails or small explosives? You do understand that the longer this takes to resolve the more likely someone will start providing them with guns?
As for Chirac chucking Sarkozy out, well, Sarkozy is not just France's Interior Minister --he's chairman of the French government's and Chirac's UMP party as well. And he's also running for President in the next 2007 election... As the undisputed leader of the Judeo-Gaullist faction, Sarkozy enjoys a comfortable support both among fellow politicians (Jean-François Coppé, Patrick Devedjian, Brice Hortefeux, Edouard Balladur,...) and the rightwing electorate. Should Sarkozy take the rap for the current commotion, the likely beneficiaries would be far-rightists Jean-Marie Le Pen (FN) and Philippe de Villiers (MPF).
Then Chirac better shut him up if he knows what's good for his party and France.
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