Vive la France!
Although we tend to criticize France and the French, it's good to remember that they are one of our more reliable partners in the war on terror. Particularly active in Africa. Back about 40 years ago....
And they should be a partner. Chances are most terrorist's parents weren't even born that far back. Good for them for choosing to pitch in out in Africa, they are probably also the model for importing and enabling domestic terrorism. Vive la US?
Actually Craig, it has a whole lot to do with France having been one of the two major colonial powers in Africa. As for terrorism in France, one could say there's been a significant shift. At one time the concern was with those French citizens angry at the government when De Gaulle decided to leave Algeria--which had been a department of France (like one of our states) rather than a colony, and home to about a million Frenchmen. More recently it's because residents of those former colonies, not necessarily Muslim radicals, immigrate to France in search of better jobs. (Logical place for them to go, because they already speak the language.) If things don't work out for them, easy for radical imams to steer them down the road to terrorism. But whether France is the model . . . England and Spain have also had significant problems. Matter of fact, both those countries had their versions of 9/11 before the more recent terrorist incidents in France. So that would seem to indicate that France is not "the model" for importing domestic terrorism.
