Is this 1491?

The situation in France appears to be civil war, albeit unilateral. It's just a question as to whether the French will engage the enemy.

Rick McGinnis reminded us yesterday of "the venerable tradition of terrorist groups and their sympathizers making alliances with or morphing into organized criminals. It's as old as modern cities, and Northern Ireland provides a textbook example of the phenomenon."

Mark Steyn has a new contribution in the Chicago Sun-Times on the current war in Europe. Mark concludes his chilling view with this:

"In the current issue of City Journal, Theodore Dalrymple concludes a piece on British suicide bombers with this grim summation of the new Europe: "The sweet dream of universal cultural compatibility has been replaced by the nightmare of permanent conflict." Which sounds an awful lot like a new Dark Ages." Read it all.

Rick and Mark are weathermen... and the forecast is sobering. Bets anyone? Resolved: Chirac is the old Queen and Isabella is the one with cujones.

Posted by Ran at November 6, 2005 09:45 PM | TrackBack