This kind of thing sadly goes on every day in the middle East and north africa. Why should I feel any more sorry for the people of france than I do for Yemenis civilians slaughter by French weapons sold to Saudis, the quarter million Syrian civilians slaughtered in a civil war that france helped instigate for a political motive against assad, the carnage in lybia due to French taking the lead in ousting Ghadafi. Truth is I feel bad for civilians across the world who end up the innocent victims of wreckless government policy. I just don't know why French should receive greater sympathy than middle easterner or north africans, far more of whom have perished. With specific regard to ISIS in Syria, there was an effective force fighting them ... the Syrian army ... France helped degrade it. they also knew for years muslim youths were leaving france to join anti-assad forces, doesn't take a genius to figure out many would join isis. and they did nothing