France: 20 Generals Write Open Letter to Macron to Defend the Country

Hat tip Valeurs Actuelles.

On April 21, 2021, the conservative French blog, Valeurs Actuelles, published (with their consent) a letter addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron and political/Parliamentary leaders from 20 retired French generals, 100 retired superior officers, and over 1,000 former soldiers. The letter comes in the wake of rising terrorism and civil unrest in France. It urges Macron and the government to take swift and bold action to restore safety to the nation and warns of a coming civil war. In all, it is a stunning document.

The below article from Valeurs Actuelles and letter are translated by Fousesquawk.

https://www.valeursactuelles.com/politique/pour-un-retour-de-lhonneur-de-nos-gouvernants-20-generaux-appellent-macron-a-defendre-le-patriotisme/

For a return of the honor of our leaders- 20 generals call on Macron to defend patriotism 

At the initiative of Jean-Pierre Fabre-Bernadac, career officer and manager of the site, Place Armes, 20 generals, 100 senior officers, and more than a thousand other soldiers have signed a call for a return of honor and duty within the political class. Valeurs Actuelles is disseminating, with their authorization, the letter marked with conviction and commitment of these men attached to their country. 

by Jean-Pierre Fabre-Bernadac

Published  21 April 2021 at 7h00. Updated   22 April 2021 at 12:25

Mr President,

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Government,

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Parliament,

The hour is grave, France is in peril, many fatal dangers threaten her. We here, even in retirement, remain soldiers of France, we cannot, in the current circumstances, remain indifferent to the fate of our beautiful country. 

Our tri-color flags are not simply a piece of cloth, they symbolize the tradition across the ages, of those who, whatever their skin color or their religions, have served France and have given their lives for her. On these flags, we find the letters in gold, “Honor and Country”. Today, our honor lies in the denunciation of the disintegration that strikes our country.

Disintegration here by way of a certain anti-racism displayed with a sole aim: create on our soil an unhappiness, even a hatred between communities. Today, some talk of racialism, indigenousness, and theories of de-colonisation, but through these terms, it is racial war that these hateful and fanatical partisans want. They despise our country, its traditions, its culture, and want to see it dissolved and take away its past and its history. Thus, they attack statues, ancient military and civil glory by analyzing old sayings from centuries ago.  

Disintegration that, with Islamism and the hordes of the suburb(s) brings with it the detachment of multiple parts of the nation to transform them into territories subject to dogmas contrary to our Constitution. But every Frenchmen, whatever his belief or non-belief, is at home in (France); there cannot be and there must not exist any city, any quarter where the laws of the Republic do not apply. 

Disintegration, because hate takes precedence over brotherhood during demonstrations where those in power use police as supplementary agents and scapegoats in the face of Frenchmen in yellow vests expressing their despair. This while infiltrated and hooded individuals sack businesses and threaten the same police. However, the latter are only applying the orders, sometimes contradictory, given by you, Rulers.

The perils mount, violence is increasing day by day. Who would have predicted 10 years ago that a professor would one day be beheaded at the gate of his school? However, we, servants of the Nation, who have always put our lives on the line-as our military state demanded, cannot be passive spectators before such actions. 

Therefore, it is imperative that you who lead our country must find the necessary courage for the eradication of these dangers.  For that, it is often sufficient to apply the laws that already exist without weakness. Do not forget that, like you, a large majority of our fellow-citizens are exhausted by your evasions and your guilty silence.

Cardinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium, said: “When prudence is everywhere, courage is nowhere.” So, Ladies and Gentlemen, enough procrastination, the hour is grave, the task is colossal; do not waste time, and know that we are ready to support policies that take into consideration the safety of our nation. 

On the other hand, if nothing is done, the laxity will continue to grow inexorably within society, finally provoking an explosion and the intervention of our active-(duty) comrades in a perilous mission in the protection of our civilizational values and the safety of our compatriots in the national territory.

As we see, there is no more time to hem and haw; if not, tomorrow the civil war will put an end to the growing chaos, and the deaths, for which you will carry the responsibility, will be counted in the thousands.

The generals signed:

Général de Corps d’Armée (ER) Christian PIQUEMAL (Légion Étrangère), général de Corps d’Armée (2S) Gilles BARRIE (Infanterie), général de Division (2S) François GAUBERT ancien Gouverneur militaire de Lille, général de Division (2S) Emmanuel de RICHOUFFTZ (Infanterie), général de Division (2S) Michel JOSLIN DE NORAY (Troupes de Marine), général de Brigade (2S) André COUSTOU (Infanterie), général de Brigade (2S) Philippe DESROUSSEAUX de MEDRANO (Train), général de Brigade Aérienne (2S) Antoine MARTINEZ (Armée de l’air), général de Brigade Aérienne (2S) Daniel GROSMAIRE (Armée de l’air), général de Brigade (2S) Robert JEANNEROD (Cavalerie), général de Brigade (2S) Pierre Dominique AIGUEPERSE (Infanterie), général de Brigade (2S) Roland DUBOIS (Transmissions), général de Brigade (2S) Dominique DELAWARDE (Infanterie), général de Brigade (2S) Jean Claude GROLIER (Artillerie), général de Brigade (2S) Norbert de CACQUERAY (Direction Générale de l’Armement), général de Brigade (2S) Roger PRIGENT (ALAT),  général de Brigade (2S) Alfred LEBRETON (CAT), médecin Général (2S) Guy DURAND (Service de Santé des Armées), contre-amiral (2S) Gérard BALASTRE (Marine Nationale).