'France Unequipped to Defend Against Terrorists With Small Weapons'

Paris-based writer Nidra Poller tells VOI's Melanie Phillips that the French state isn't equipped to defend itself against terrorists with rocket launchers and Kalashnikovs. Can France pull back from the brink? It is a big question, and potentially unanswerable.

Security stand guard outside the kosher supermarket in Paris, where two days ago, four Jewish men were murdered when held hostage by an Islamist gunman. Thousands of people gathered at Republique square in Paris, France on Sunday, January 11, 2015, in tribute to the 17 victims of the three-day Islamist killing spree in Paris.