Translation from French Brussels Journal “Judge Warns: France Should Prepare for Civil War”

[jody]

A Judge Warns: France Should Prepare for Civil War

From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Wed, 2007-12-05 11:21

However, the second night of Villiers-le-Bel marks an escalation that the media and the government would probably prefer to hush up, but which may be the start of a new stage: the use of firearms. In truth, the surprise is not that the rioters began to use them, but first, that they hadn't done it sooner <...> and second, that they are still confining themselves to hunting rifles and lead shot. The suburbs however have been armed for a long time with caches of quality war weapons, lethal weapons, against which the bullet-proof vests will be useless.

In other words the situation is explosive in both meanings of the word. It seems that from one riot to the next the techniques harden, the methods become more professional and the police and gendarmes will soon have to confront, if they have not already, experts in urban guerilla warfare <...>

I am convinced that up until now we have been lucky that the thugs and future murderers in the suburbs have not yet dared to use their fire power. I hope that the public authorities will become aware of the imminence of calamity and especially that they will finally seek solutions. I would not like to be in their shoes, for the margin of maneuverability, if there is one, will be very narrow. Yes, the perpetrators must be mercilessly punished. But repression, in the long term, solves nothing.

And people must stop dreaming, those on the Left and the others: neighborhood police are not a panacea either. You cannot graft an ethnic police force <"police communautaire"> on a society that is this sick and torn apart, in which the members are in open rebellion against society. Police are a means, not a solution. Educators will not be useful either: you cannot cure cancer with a placebo. To shower the caids with subsidies to buy armed peace will be the chosen way: it will provide only a short respite. Is there another solution? I don't know, and I am very happy not to be in government.

[TheMadMonk]

1. Cure France of the Aryan fallacy? Someone's asking a lot.

There is a huge difference between a Frenchman and a French citizen.

Francophilic purity is virtually pathological in the Frenchman.

On paper France is very liberal with it's immigrant and colonial citizenry. However, the real France of the true Frenchman is not at all open to such. They may inhabit the land, but can't be a true part of the country.

In most lands with "open" borders, the pattern is that the first generation of an immigrant wave would work very hard at the worst jobs (no matter their prior qualifications) to make a place for their children or at least grandchildren in their adopted land. This does not appear to be happening in France. There has been very little penetration at all into the Middle Class by the most recent wave.

And there is now a great deal of resentment. Problematically, the greatest amount of resentment is in the Muslim population. And it makes fertile soil for the seeds of fundamentalism and extremism.

A good many of these kids are university educated, but they can't get jobs better than flipping burgers at McDonalds.

I do not approve of their methods one bit, but I can understand how they might think (or be talked into thinking) that this campaign of escalating violence is the only option to achieving redress.

[NorthernSpy]

2. The Brussels Journal is tied to Belgium's racist ultra-right Vlaams Belang...

... which is the successor to the old fascist Vlaams Blok.


As for a war in France, I doubt it. But if it did happen, it would hardly be their first or their worst -- as white supremacists are wont to forget.

Some good anti-discrimination laws could have averted this situation entirely, and could still ameliorate it. Gee, I wonder why a bunch of racist ultra-rightists would rather "PREPARE FOR CIVIL WAR!!!1!!11!"...


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How many strikes is that for you now, Jody?