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The French government will not face a Tony Blair moment because the police have enjoyed steadily increasing powers in France for the last few decades. What Blair tried in Britain or Bush did in the U.S. with the Patriot Act were major shifts in the legal landscape. - Olivier Roy Quotes

The French government will not face a Tony Blair moment because the police have enjoyed steadily increasing powers in France for the last few decades. What Blair tried in Britain or Bush did in the U.S. with the Patriot Act were major shifts in the legal landscape.

First he wants to cut the grass under the feet of other elements in the regime that favor a more open stance with the U.S.. Secondly, he's a pure product of the revolution, who is just not interested in diplomacy. And finally, the situation in Iraq makes him feel in a position of strength, as an attack from the U.S. or Israel looks highly unlikely at the moment. - Olivier Roy Quotes

First he wants to cut the grass under the feet of other elements in the regime that favor a more open stance with the U.S.. Secondly, he's a pure product of the revolution, who is just not interested in diplomacy. And finally, the situation in Iraq makes him feel in a position of strength, as an attack from the U.S. or Israel looks highly unlikely at the moment.

If you are a youngster in the French suburbs, your mates are second-generation Muslim immigrants and you want to wage war against society, the system, where do you go? - Olivier Roy Quotes

If you are a youngster in the French suburbs, your mates are second-generation Muslim immigrants and you want to wage war against society, the system, where do you go?

The second generation in America has been taken into the American mainstream, while in Europe there is a tendency to lag behind in social mobility. - Olivier Roy Quotes

The second generation in America has been taken into the American mainstream, while in Europe there is a tendency to lag behind in social mobility.

These elections are very important because until now it's been a presidential regime. Karzai has been elected, but it's a one-man regime. To have a Parliament is very important to give a democratic dimension to the regime. - Olivier Roy Quotes

These elections are very important because until now it's been a presidential regime. Karzai has been elected, but it's a one-man regime. To have a Parliament is very important to give a democratic dimension to the regime.

Thirty years ago, you joined the Maoists, the Trotskyists, the far left, the Baader group, Action Directe. Today, where do you go? Bin Laden. - Olivier Roy Quotes

Thirty years ago, you joined the Maoists, the Trotskyists, the far left, the Baader group, Action Directe. Today, where do you go? Bin Laden.

They are people who feel devalued, despised and by becoming terrorists they suddenly become supermen, heroes. - Olivier Roy Quotes

They are people who feel devalued, despised and by becoming terrorists they suddenly become supermen, heroes.

There's nothing easier if you follow the smugglers' route, - Olivier Roy Quotes

There's nothing easier if you follow the smugglers' route,

It's a game of cowboys and Indians, ... have become a local sport, a rite of passage. - Olivier Roy Quotes

It's a game of cowboys and Indians, ... have become a local sport, a rite of passage.

The Islamists aren't in the affair, because it would expose them to criticism and gain them nothing. - Olivier Roy Quotes

The Islamists aren't in the affair, because it would expose them to criticism and gain them nothing.

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