Thursday, November 17, 2005

Riots Embolden Far Right

The French riots are giving new hope for France's anti immigration Party headed by Jean-Marie Le Pen, says Voice of America:

For years, Mr. Le Pen bellowed, the National Front has been repeating its warning against massive immigration from outside Europe and the fact that it will ruin France and bring misery to the immigrants themselves.
Mr. Le Pen and his National Front party have been repeating this anti-immigration, law-and-order message for years. But it is now making new waves, after two weeks of rioting and arson attacks across France which have been blamed on ethnic immigrant youths.


A local agrees with Le Pen:

Nearby, 45-year-old Remy Carillon agrees. He lives in the suburbs of Paris, where the violence first broke out two weeks ago after the accidental electrocution of two youths of African origin.
"The recent wave of violence is just the last straw for many French", Mr. Carillon says. "The bigger problem is that French never wanted immigrants to come here in the first place. But the government never consulted them. If they had been asked, French and other Europeans would have said no to immigration years ago."


When such riots occur in America, groups like the Minutemen will seem more relavent. This won't likely happen since immigrants in America have jobs-Ours!!!