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    The Real Threat Of Civil War In France

    May 10, 2021
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    For the second time in a couple of weeks, the French political world has been blasted by rumblings of mutiny amongst its armed forces. The Anglo-Saxon world likes to laugh at French military prowess, suggesting that since Napoleon there has been little to be proud of. But that would be foolish. Very few armies in the world have the capacity to project force, and the French can do that. The Foreign Legion is not a bunch of Boy Scouts. Large swathes of North Africa are still controlled by the French, despite colonialization. Their army is a fighting army without doubt.

    About a month ago, on the pages of a website devoted to French military veterans, an open letter to President Macron was published. Signed by 20 retired Generals, including the former head of the Foreign Legion, and 1000 other officers, it professed an oncoming civil war in France. 

    This letter was picked up by a right of centre magazine, Valeurs Actuelles, and has caused a massive national debate. Regional elections are only a few months away, and the Right-wing opposition to Macron, and currently second favourite to win the Presidency, Marine Le Pen came out in support of the letter. The letter itself was florid at times, referencing the flag, honour, fatherland:

    “Discrimination which, through a certain anti-racism, is displayed with a single aim: to create on our soil a malaise, even hatred between the communities. Today some speak of racialism, indigenism and decolonial theories, but, through these terms, it is the racial war that these hateful and fanatic partisans want. They despise our country, its traditions, its culture, and want to see it dissolve by taking away its past and its history. Thus they attack, through statues, ancient military and civilian glories by analysing words that are centuries old.

    “Discrimination which, with Islamism and the suburban hordes, leads to the detachment of multiple plots of the nation to transform them into territories subject to dogmas contrary to our constitution. But each Frenchman, whatever his belief or his non-belief, is everywhere at home in France; there cannot and must not exist any city, any district where the laws of the Republic do not apply.

    “Discrimination because hatred takes precedence over brotherhood during demonstrations where the power uses the police as a proxy and scapegoat in the face of French people in yellow vests expressing their despair. This while infiltrated and hooded individuals ransack businesses and threaten these same police forces. Yet the latter only apply the directives, sometimes contradictory, given by you, the rulers.”

    It finished in bloodcurdling fashion. “there is no longer time to procrastinate otherwise, tomorrow the civil war will put an end to this growing chaos, and the deaths, for which you will bear the responsibility, will number in the thousands”.

    The missive has sent the political classes outside Le Pen’s FN into a paroxysm of panic, various figures talking about purges of the armed forces and a wide denunciation of such appalling lesse majestie. Outside the political high ground, the letter has had significant appeal. A recent poll has put support for it at 58%. 

    In response, a handful of serving soldiers who had signed the first letter, are being hauled before court martials.  In politics, Florence Parly, the armed forces minister, pointed out “The armies are not there to campaign but to defend France” and the leading leftist Melanchon has called for a purge of the entire military.

    Le Pen called on the Generals to support her bid for the Presidency next year, agreeing with them about  “lawless areas, crime, self-hatred and our leaders’ rejection of patriotism”, but making it clear that “these problems can only be solved by politics”.

    In the years since the appalling massacres at the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, and the Bataclan theatre there have been a constant stream of religious murders.  The beheading of the teacher Samuel Paty last year, and more recently the failure to even try the murder of the retired Jewish doctor, Sarah Halimi, because her murderer happened to have consumed cannabis, are strengthening public concern. The fact that he cried “Allahu Akba” and “I killed the Shaitan” during his attack meant nothing to the courts, but a lot to the populace.

    Now in the same magazine there has been a follow up letter. This time anonymous, as its authors and signatories are serving soldiers.  The anonymity no doubt occasioned by threats of purges to the military.

    This new letter takes direct aim at the political response. It accuses the Government of taking aim at the retired soldiers while utterly ignoring the points that they were making:

    “To quibble about the form of our elders’ tribune instead of recognising the evidence of their findings, you have to be cowardly. To invoke a misinterpreted duty of reserve in order to silence French citizens, one must be very deceitful. To encourage the army’s senior officers to take a stand and expose themselves, before angrily sanctioning them as soon as they write anything other than battle reports, one must be quite perverse.

    “Cowardice, deceit, perversion: this is not our vision of the hierarchy. On the contrary, the army is, par excellence, the place where we speak the truth because we commit our lives…

    Once again, civil war is brewing in France and you know it perfectly well.”

    The magazine called for the public to sign the letter this morning. By 5pm today, 167,000 had signed.

    This is now causing significant political weather for Macron; he is fighting for his political life in the local election this year and the Presidential’s next year. Something profound has snapped in the France profonde.

    The rebellion against the technocrats is being led by the words, though not the deeds, of those who have worn uniform in defence of their nation. There is no suggestion that the soldiers involved wish to do anything themselves, but a majority of the French would rather like their politicians to do something, and fast. Right now those in power show no signs of doing so, that could well be a big mistake.

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    Gawain Towler

    Gawain Towler was recently the Director of Communications of the Brexit Party and has run his own Communications and Strategy company. Before that he worked in the European Institutions in Brussels. He has worked at a high level in politics, policy, charity and commercial sectors. He is regularly published in a variety of national and specialist publications. His work has been recognised by industry bible, PRWeek as one of the UK's top 300 PR professionals in 2016/17 and this year, being placed as one of the top 10 political PR professionals in 2017.
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    Sarge

    The best news out of France in a long time!
    Vive la France!

    William

    Congratulations to the French military for speaking out. It is clear that the globalists are trying to destroy Western countries by flooding them with mass immigration from the Third World. It is an effort to erase borders with demographics. It needs to be stopped.

    Mondeaux

    Geaux French Republic loyalists!

    Lamentation

    Why can't we write a letter like that here in the US by the patriot elites? It appears what's happening in France is happening here as well. I guess we are too chicken to commit. Obviously, Trump dropped the ball on defending the Constitution of the US by not doing "all" he could do before exiting the WH. Now, the leftists are running amok with their anti-freedom policies and rules. And I really don't think the voting audits will do anything to help this nation....it'll only embolden the commies to commit more leftist's agenda. God, save us!

    Mike

    I was surprised how much I liked Rural France and the French people. It felt very much like the Midwest... I have been back many times and It is a mistake to underestimate their people. They are NOT taught to hate their Country like we teach OUR kids to hate the US. The French can pretty easily wipe out the Muslim criminals when they decide to. The French Army Mutineed in 1917 and they just mat again.

    Max Dugan

    this is a country that tried desperately to keep american words from erotding their language and now allows the filth from iran and near eastern radical states to defecate on their once beautiful city streets.
    of coourse, they also rolled over for the germans and force American boys to liberate them....now? they hate us.....

    Kenneth Felton

    I'll believe it when I see it. In America, obama politicized and weaponized the Generals. Now they're purging the ranks with CRT.

    bill53

    La Marseillaise!

    Let's go children of the fatherland,
    The day of glory has arrived!
    Against us tyranny's
    Bloody flag is raised! (repeat)
    In the countryside, do you hear
    The roaring of these fierce soldiers?
    They come right to our arms
    To slit the throats of our sons, our friends!

    Grab your weapons, citizens!
    Form your battalions!
    Let us march! Let us march!
    May impure blood
    Water our fields!

    This horde of slaves, traitors, plotting kings,
    What do they want?
    For whom these vile shackles,
    These long-prepared irons? (repeat)
    Frenchmen, for us, oh! what an insult!
    What emotions that must excite!
    It is us that they dare to consider
    Returning to ancient slavery!

    What! These foreign troops
    Would make laws in our home!
    What! These mercenary phalanxes
    Would bring down our proud warriors! (repeat)
    Good Lord! By chained hands
    Our brows would bend beneath the yoke!
    Vile despots would become
    The masters of our fate!

    Tremble, tyrants! and you, traitors,
    The disgrace of all groups,
    Tremble! Your parricidal plans
    Will finally pay the price! (repeat)
    Everyone is a soldier to fight you,
    If they fall, our young heros,
    France will make more,
    Ready to battle you!

    Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors,
    Bear or hold back your blows!
    Spare these sad victims,
    Regretfully arming against us. (repeat)
    But not these bloodthirsty despots,
    But not these accomplices of Bouillé,
    All of these animals who, without pity,
    Tear their mother's breast to pieces!

    Sacred love of France,
    Lead, support our avenging arms!
    Liberty, beloved Liberty,
    Fight with your defenders! (repeat)
    Under our flags, let victory
    Hasten to your manly tones!
    May your dying enemies
    See your triumph and our glory!

    We will enter the pit
    When our elders are no longer there;
    There, we will find their dust
    And the traces of their virtues. (repeat)
    Much less eager to outlive them
    Than to share their casket,
    We will have the sublime pride
    Of avenging them or following them!

    Winston

    We need a similar letter here in the U.S. ASAP!!!!! Americans unite, eliminate the Communists!!!

    KevinK

    "Discrimination which, through a certain anti-racism, is displayed with a single aim: to create on our soil a malaise, even hatred between the communities. Today some speak of racialism, indigenism and decolonial theories, but, through these terms, it is the racial war that these hateful and fanatic partisans want. They despise our country, its traditions, its culture, and want to see it dissolve by taking away its past and its history. Thus they attack, through statues, ancient military and civilian glories by analysing words that are centuries old."

    Does the above sound familiar America?
    Vive la France

    Cam

    Almost all Western Nations were taken over by The Globalists long ago , only now , since 9/11 , and the beginning of Their End Game , has it become obvious and clear to the masses ..
    Death to All Globalists , The Euro Royal Pedophile House and The Central Banking Families are The leaders , they own all major corporations through "investment houses" , which are actually Monopolies .

    time to killl all Globalists and their Political Minions , and the useful idiot supporters ..need to kill millions and deport all muslims ....

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