As Raspail could have predicted, the elites simply fooled themselves. Indeed, Camp of the Saints, instead of being a purely an apocalyptic tome on the level of say, the Turner Diaries (another work of fiction man in his arrogance tried to make real), was very much a satire of the compassionate trying to feed and care for the mass armada which carried the millions from the Ganges on its way to France and the clueless bureaucrats trying to deal with the problems such an invasion posed in a, shall we say, non-military fashion.

And as if on cue, the French government officials, now facing the real thing, act exactly the way Raspail thought they would. Paralysis, denial and then a Panglossian acceptance of the new "realities" for France. They can talk about reestablishing law and order all they want, what they face is not a crime wave, not even a riot per say even in the most extreme Watts or Newark variety. What they're facing is a full-blown insurrection in their own country that will require the army to put down. Muslim youths are now declaring their LeCorbusier-built gulags "liberated zones" and declaring their autonomy from France. Actually, they already were separated from the nation given that the police rarely ventured into such industrial slums and businesses or any kind of commerce wouldn't locate there anyway, but the rioters made it official after a week's worth of destruction. Before the fires at night, most of Paris could ignore the slums, their crime and honor killings, rape and Islamic extremism. Not anymore, especially when metro fares are so cheap and the trains run on time

This is the portion of the column where we blame the French and all of Europe in general for making Raspail's fiction become reality. It is here we can cast stones on their naïtivity, laziness, socialist command economies that subsidize unemployment in condescending handouts (a big part of what the insurgents are rebelling against is the welfare state) and stifle job creation for a huge mass of unemployed youth, materialism, collapsing birth rates and empty societies devoid of any faith or belief in themselves or God that simply cannot stand up to the modern day Turks (or Ganges residents as described in the book.)

But as we turn our noses up and laugh at the French's misfortune as many conservatives probably are, all safe and snug in their own gated communities, remember well that it can happen here in the U.S. and Canada and the rest of the West as well. Maybe there won't be any riots from the barrios or ethnic neighborhoods or ghettos, but what would the U.S do faced with a Southwest demanding independence from it or re-annexation to Mexico thanks to a majority population influenced by MEchA, La Raza and other such groups dedicated to this proposition, not to mention financed by drug gangs and organized crime syndicates. How would our own government react? The same as the French or different? Maybe you don't want an answer to that question, especially 20 years down the road if multiculturalism, unlimited immigration and collapsing birthrates continue at their current trends.