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| Why the Paris Massacre Will Have Limited Impact |
| 2015-11-16 |
| Opinion piece by Daniel Pipes. The murder of some 127 innocents in Paris by a jihadi gang on Friday has again shocked the French and led to another round of solidarity, soul searching, and anger. In the end, however, Islamist violence against Westerners boils down to two questions: How much will this latest atrocity turn public opinion? And how much will it further spur the Establishment to deny reality? As these questions suggest, the people and the professionals are moving in opposite directions, the former to the right, the latter to the left. In the end, this clash much reduces the impact of such events on policy. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #4 France needs an election, soon. I don't think Hollande is up to the task. Watching the Dem debate on Saturday and seeing how uncomfortable the Dems were during the foreign policy section I expected Sanders to just throw up his hands and concede. The elite have no plan. Even Obama today admitted they had no plan. Back during the cold war we had a plan to invade Antarctica just in case something came up. Now they have no plan. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-11-16 15:41 |
| #3 I'm not from Missouri, but... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-11-16 10:54 |
| #2 That is why the cartridge box is after the ballot box. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-11-16 10:20 |
| #1 Western elites will never admit they're wrong. So, the solution is to change the elites. The problem is, they are the ones counting the votes. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-11-16 02:38 |