How will France react to the attack on Charlie Hebdo Magazine?
Will the French Government under-react, failing to pursue an investigation or mete out justice?
Surely they cannot post police outside every paper and news channel and editor and reporter's home. Will there be consideration of a roll-back on firearm ownership restrictions to provide the only robust response to small arms attacks (individual immediate action)?
Will the French Government react to the attack either domestically with increased domestic surveillance of Muslims? Or internationally with deployments against ISIS/other extremists as they have in the past? Will they pressure the US to react in an international way-as they have (and we have supported) in the past?
What would be an over-reaction and was that the intention of the attackers in the first place?
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2015/01/french-newspaper-attacked-paris-gunmen [login to see] 36139681.html
The French military will conceive an outstanding plan with high chance of success and minimal consequence management needs, which will be refused by the French president. The French police will make a few token arrests and the event will fade away...until the next one.
Wash, rinse, repeat.Â
Semper Fidelis to our brother-warriors in France who have killed (some of) the people who did this. A shame they couldn't save every hostage, but make no mistake about their heroism of their actions.
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That said, does your comment indicate you expect France to under- react?
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There are times when it would appear that to 'react appropriately" means "running in circles with great wailings and gnashings of teeth while firing off weapons in every direction possible and locking the survivors up forever without trial [oh yes, and all the while the Democrats blame the Republicans and the Republicans blame the democrats - but nobody fixes their own mistakes]".
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Immigration is becoming an issue where some political parties who want regulate it have won recently. I don't know what they are going to do for the long-run, but there has also been quite a bit of anti-semitic attacks there too.
I think freedom of speech is essential to our freedom and although the depiction of Mohammed by the Dutch cartoonists may not have been in the best taste, issuing a reward for his death is something that goes too far.
I believe that this may be the beginning in Europe on more attacks.
I am already seeing a sweeping under the rug that those that performed the attack were (likely) of the Islamic faith.
It does not matter what person or what group commits a crime, but it should be known so that patterns can be assessed and future crimes can be properly dealt with accordingly. If this crime is in fact linked to a terroristic Islamic threat, it needs to be reported as such as it might relate to the growing threat of groups such as IS.
What do you think of SFC James Sczymanski's post below- do you disagree with his assessment that it at least isn't being re-labeled workplace violence?
First, I can assure you that cops aren't prepared against ak-47. French policemen are equipped with basic Kevlar soft inserts that barely stop 9mm, so I let you imagine damages when shot at with 7.62.
ROA in France are completely insane.. Before the attacks, french soldiers posted at strategic locations (Eiffel tower, embassies etc...) didn't even load mags in their weapons.
Only team leader had firepower (service pistol).
Second, there are huge issues within France intelligence community. The perpetrators had been red flagged multiple times, and they all met in jail. In 2012, Toulouse and Montauban shooter was also know by the police (as a potential terrorist), yet, he was able to kill 7 and injured 6.
France needs to rewrite it's law to allow police and law enforcement to take preventive actions. However, it would only be correctly implemented with a reevaluation of the allocated budget and an increase in humans means.