So what’s plaguing France? I was listening to a podcast by a BBC correspondent today. He was interviewing a 20 year old leader of a gang of half a dozen Muslim youths and admitted to rioting – indeed he was proud of it. He said that he hated France and hated the French people and he wanted to go back to Morocco.
Now here’s food for thought – the French are the most sanctimonious people in the world (I’ve been to Paris and I loved the city but hated the people), they are never tired of lecturing the US on how its getting it all wrong in the fight on terrorism and how it is fuelling the hatred of Muslims towards the west. Well, I don’t see Muslims burning down cars in the street in the US and asserting that they hate the US or want to go back to Morocco or Pakistan or wherever they’ve come from. In fact – Muslims are very well integrated in the US life; they are successful entrepreneurs and employees. It is said that amongst all the countries that Muslims migrate to, Muslim immigrants in the US are most successful.
So here’s my two cents to the French– the proof of pudding lies in eating; look at the ground reality in the two countries before shouting that the US is unfair to Islam or to Muslims or to immigrants and then put that glass of wine down and fix your country.