Well of course it’s hard to have an intelligent conversation when Bushies ignore all the facts. The fact that you can see this only in black and white, without shades of gray, illustrates perfectly the limitations of your critical thinking abilities.
Actually, I was thinking something similar. I would give props to France for (in this case) ignoring their lefties & going forward with their nuke program. US should do the same.
I have never said America is always wrong, that is a bald face lie. But that is what I expected from you. Have you and the other Bush nitwits tried to do any research before stating your claims? Really? Obviously not.
I noticed you and the other Bushies could not refute any of the statements I posted about France, so you just try to ignore what doesn’t fit into your narrow mindset. That’s so very typical of Bushies.
If next time you read my posts before you reply, you'll look smarter. First, no Bush apologist here. I voted for him, twice, & would again against the same 2 moronic candidates. I have been extremely critical of Bush. But just as you are probably right once in a great while, so is Bush. He's not wrong on everything.
First, Frances birthrate is not mostly dependant on the North African immigrants. They are only aprox. 15% to 20% of the total population. Also France has not allowed the illegal immigration that has screwed the US so badly. The riots in France are totally socio-economic based on racism. Any study that uses more than Ann Coulter for a reference will bear that out. You don’t want to believe that, because it would show how your 2 dimensional thinking is wrong. And we can’t have that. Hell, if you go down that road, there is no telling where you might end up. No, much better to hide behind the lie, just like Bush.
I could post 100 links like those below, but I think those should get the point across. Your statement is akin to saying the Rodney King riots were not racially motivated. You can say all you want that the muslims are rioting over economic issues, it won't make it true.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1513137/posts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4405620.stm
http://politicscentral.com/2006/10/25/france_prepares_50000_riot_pol.php
http://www.parapundit.com/archives/003106.html
You blindly dismiss what other cultures have given the world (not just France); just to prop up your infantile thinking that America must be the best at everything. How very sad. And how very false. Your understanding of other countries and cultures is minimal at best. And your abilities to understand history is nil.
Where did I do any of that? Calm down Dude.
As for political correctness, you will not find much of that in France (or other European countries, did the US republish the cartoons of the Phrophet? No? I did not think so). France has not allowed Muslims or any other religion to hold sway in any public institution. Not in the schools, politics or medicine. France tried to prevent racism, unlike the US, by never having a single racist law on the books (unlike the Jim Crow laws in the US). In France there is no legal recording of race or ethnicity anywhere since Napoleons time.
Before you get too far gone, even with all that wonderment, see if this phrase rings a bell "let them eat cake?" While we're talking history, see if you can recall who saved their asses from hitler? So you are cool with burka pics on DL, a little sharia law?
But humans are naturally racist. This is something that must be overcome by effort and intelligence. The very things you Bushies refuse to apply to this discussion. France has its problems, as do other countries. To deny the problems in your own country is not very bright. America likes to think it should have the world by the tail, when it fact it is chasing its own tail in many areas.
To try & spin this into a race issue with me will not work. It is a religious issue & regardless how many foolish attempts you make to say otherwise, the whole civilized world (including me), knows this is so. Sorry!
Back to the original question, Is terrorism that big of a problem? Well because of Americas actions it has grown.
Do you go to Amsterdam to get what you're smoking or is quality that good on France? "French authorities are keeping a force of some 50,000 riot police in permanent stand-by." Apparently the folks in charge of that little heaven on earth do not concur with you. Are those peace lovers enraged because of the USA?
But the vast majority (99.9999%) of people will never suffer injury or death by terrorism. There are more important things. But your limited world view won't permit you to see them. What a shame.