The French watch the Katrina catastrophe with unabated joy even while, in their own capital, poor immigrants burn to death -- and the buck is passed between the national government and city officials. Paris' mayor turns on the tears for the TV cameras and assures everone, anyone, that it isn't his fault. The strange fruit is not what is roasting in Paris' skid row flop houses.
Behind the Façades in France: What expats and the mainstream media (French and American alike) fail to notice (or fail to tell you) about French attitudes, principles, values, and official positions…
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