The rioting in France is in its 12th night... Plus, there was the first casualty today...
Crazy times, but perhaps not that surprising - the conditions in the ghettos around Paris seem to be pretty grim. Plus, the unemployment rate is around 33% for young people there.
Wretchard at the Belmont Club is looking at some of the rioters' tactics - some observers are speculating that the rioters are engaging in brinksmanship. Burning cars makes for a good show, but probably won't provoke the French cops into using lethal force. The rioters' tactics are pretty good - they apparently are using text messages on cell phones to coordinate, and engage in hit-and-run attacks, against a slow-moving opponent.
I don't think the U.S. population would be willing to save France for a third time in 100 years, if it comes to that... Hopefully it doesn't...

C
- posted by Christoph Roggenkamp @ 11/07/2005 05:56:00 PM