Get used to it

When I left several days ago, the Paris riots were already a few days old. I anticipated that they'd be over and done with by the time I boarded my flight home. I was wrong.

The urban unrest that triggered scores of arson attacks on vehicles, nursery schools and other targets across France reached the capital overnight, with police saying early Sunday that 13 cars were burned.

By 1 a.m., at least 607 vehicles were burned — including those in Paris, said Patrick Hamon, spokesman for the national police. The overall figures were expected to climb by daybreak, he added.

Europe had better get used to this. Several things are going to lead to more and more incidents like this in the "Old World." First, Europe's appeasement of radical Islam. Second, Europe's inability to grow its native population, along with the growth of Muslim immigration from north Africa. Third, Europe's socialism has led to an economic stagnation that is bound to create frustration in the young.

Although Europe may have called this upon itself, it still does not excuse the rioters. Nothing excuses setting an innocent 55 year old woman on fire. Period.