French Revolution, Part Deux?

The opening line says it all:

Radical Muslims in France's housing estates are waging an undeclared "intifada" against the police, with violent clashes injuring an average of 14 officers each day.

I suppose this is, somehow, Bush's fault, or maybe tied to global warming. Whatever the root cause, change is brewing in Europe, and it does not appear to be developing in a peaceful fashion.

I was recently leafing through a few books about the world wars of the last century, noting how much of Europe was destroyed, especially in terms of Eurpean lives sacrificed. It will be interesting to see if this turns out similarly. I'm not sure that England and the US are prepared to rescue the continent, again, though Russia's always up for a brawl.