> It doesn't seem to me that this style of argument serves much except to win kudos from people who already agree with the ideas behind it and oppose the polici

> It doesn't seem to me that this style of argument serves much except to win kudos from people who already agree with the ideas behind it and oppose the policies being advocated. Given France already possessed the desired legal capability and was warned by a friendly government about one of the suspects in 2014 and again in 2015... I'm not sure how asking for the same measures that failed is a strategy of someone with genuine concerns. Why do you think that?