Monday, January 26, 2015

As the World Burns

"American society is conservative and economically capitalist. Here are the results...something on the scale of the Los Angeles riots could not happen here, mainly because France is a more humane, less racist place with a much stronger commitment to social welfare programs."
French President Francois Mitterrand, 1992

“Our biggest advantage, major, is that our Muslim populations feel themselves to be Americans and there is this incredible process of immigration and assimilation that is part of our tradition."
President Obama, 2015

"America hasn't done enough to ensure political power and autonomy for its underrepresented Muslim population, like we have in New Europe. Until they do, and as long as they cling to outdated notions of 'one man one vote' and culturally nonspecific legal processes, they will continue to experience such as the so-called Independence Day bombings of this week..."
EU President Moussi al-Eurobibbi, 2022

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