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“Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last,” is how Winston Churchill, just months away from becoming Britain’s wartime Prime Minister, described the appeasement that led to World War II. “All of them hope that the storm will pass before their turn comes to be devoured. ”
ThesamecouldbesaidofFrance’ssnapelection,inwhicheveryonefromFrenchStaliniststothecountry’sbusinessinterestsbandedtogethertodefeatthecountry’s“farright”atthepolls.Butthefarrightisnotthethreat,andthecrocodilesnappingateveryone’sheelsistheacceleratingIslamificationofFrance.
WhileMarineLePen’sconservativeNationalRallyperformedunexpectedlywellinthefirstroundofvoting,Sunday’ssecond-roundresultswereadisappointment—dangerouslyso.Whilethepro-businessblocjoinedforceswithFrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacron’scentristcoalition,itstillcameinsecondtothefar-leftNewPopularFront.
NoneofthecoalitionsthatcametogetheragainstLePenwonbigenoughtoformagovernment,butth
