Outrage

For the hard core Left that has organized protests over the Iraq War on the third anniversary of the invasion, it must be disappointing that few people are out on the streets with their bongos and papier mache puppets chanting about the alleged crime of overthrowing a despot and freeing an entire nation.

On the other hand, hundreds of thousands of lazy elite French college students are rioting over the prospect of not having guaranteed employment regardless of their performance. We in America who work on an "at will" basis can only marvel at the nerve of these whining pampered thuglets.

Yes, I know, rioting students have a long tradition in Europe. But one must question their idealism when they are protesting for the right to be lazy when they could be protesting the liberation of Iraqis from a murderous despot.

And yes, I'm enjoying the spectacle way too much. I may even feel guilty about it later.

UPDATE: Whoa. An Instalanche. I really need to just learn that mocking French elites is the road to traffic and quit discussing little things like the future of the Air Force and such.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Mad Minerva writes to note that the French government will likely capitulate. The romance of the Revolution and all ... Heck, I read a McDonalds was attacked, so the protests are now sanctified as a defense of the very culture of France.