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The error of blaming right-wing extremism as much as Islamic jihad

Jul 14, 2016 12:05 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams

The head of France’s intelligence agency, Patrick Calvar, is urging his government to begin surveillance of “far-right” organisations, warning “the country could be on the verge of civil war thanks to public unrest over the handling of Islamic terrorism.”

The “handling” of terrorism by leftists is the most critical key here, along with the protection of jihadists by the mainstream media through its ongoing cover up of crimes due to political correctness. The only real Western phobia that exists with regards to Muslims is the psychotic fear of reprisals for justifiably criticizing Islam. Yet the way “Islamophobia” is forced upon us is balderdash, intended to beat up critics. There exists no irrational fear of Muslims based on their religion, but only rational fear based on the danger that jihad poses to all Westerners.

Lars Hedegaard was not referencing the far right when he warned about citizens taking their safety into their own hands as a result of authorities failing to protect them. He stated in a Gatestone article:

“Western societies are based on an implied contract between the sovereign and the people: The sovereign — the king, the president, the government — promises to uphold law and order, protect his people from violence and foreign encroachment and apprehend and punish criminals. In exchange, the citizens promise not to take the law into their own hands. It follows that if the state fails to uphold its part of this social bargain, then the right — indeed the obligation — to protect oneself, one’s family, neighbors and the community, returns to the citizens.”

Hedegaard continues:

“There was also the recent spate of asylum-house burnings in Sweden….None of the perpetrators has been caught; no one has claimed responsibility. It all appears organized quite well.”

A violent civil war between leftists and Muslims versus the far right — as warned about by Patrick Calvar — will inevitably see innocents from every point on the political spectrum potentially suffer. Liberal politicians can pat themselves on the back for opening this door by ignoring the public’s concerns about: genuine threats to their safety and well-being because of jihad terrorism, Muslim migrant crime (and the economic cost associated with the migrants), calls for Sharia law on our soil; and calls by the Nation of Islam to violence in the debased Black Lives Matter movement.

It may not be the next terrorist attack that sparks civil war, but tensions are building. As the article below points out, “it is clear that Mr. Calvar sees the right wing response to Islamic terrorism being as much of a problem as the terrorism itself, and is determined to persuade the government to share his view”. Calvar’s perspective is a grave error, as the root of this potential uprising by the extreme right is propelled by the scourge of Islamic jihadism. While the actual far right does need to be controlled, trying to make an equivalence here is futile.

We can no longer afford for Islamic jihad to be ignored or downplayed by the left, although it is difficult to imagine the left speaking realistically about the jihad threat.

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“Intelligence Chief: Another Terrorist Attack Could Spark Civil War”, by Donna Rachel Edmunds, Breitbart, July 12, 2016:

The head of France’s intelligence agency has called on his government to allocate resources to the surveillance of “far right” organisations, warning the country could be on the verge of civil war thanks to public unrest over the handling of Islamic terrorism.

Fielding questions behind closed doors from the Parliamentary Select Committee inquiry into the Paris attacks in November 2015, the transcript of which has today been released, Patrick Calvar, the head of the Directorate General of Internal Security (RPS) explained that it was not just an escalation of the terrorists’ capabilities he feared, but also the subsequent response from what he termed the “far right”.

“We must absolutely not yield [to terrorism],” he told the Committee on 24 May.

“I think we will win against terrorism; I am, however, more concerned about the radicalisation of society and the basic movement that drives it. That’s what worries me when I talk with my European colleagues: we will have, at one time or another, to provide resources to deal with other extremist groups because confrontation is inevitable.”

Asked to clarify whether by “extremist groups” he meant the extreme right and left, Mr. Calvar replied: ”The far left is another matter. You will have a confrontation between the far right and the Muslim world – not the Islamists, but the Muslim world.”

It is clear that Mr. Calvar sees the right wing response to Islamic terrorism being as much of a problem as the terrorism itself, and is determined to persuade the government to share his view.

The comments made at the inquiry follow remarks he made earlier in May before the National Defence Committee, in which he again warned of a rise in nationalism and asked for more resources to police community groups dedicated to fighting Islam.

“All of Europe is in danger of rising extremism so we are, domestically, trying to put in place the resources to watch far right groups who are waiting for confrontation,” he told Parliamentarians.

“You’ll recall that I like to use direct language; well, I think a confrontation will take place.

“If another attack or two occur, it will happen. It is therefore down to us to anticipate and confound all those groups who would, at some point, spark clashes between communities.

“The temptations of populism, border closures, the inability of Europe to give a joint response, failure to adopt legislation applicable everywhere; we face enormous problems. And I note, increasingly, a tendency to turn inward.”

A police source has told French paper L’Express that Mr. Calvar has made similar remarks when talking to policing organisations. “Calvar fears a new terrorist attack, as it would prove that the state’s resources are not adequate [to prevent terrorism],” the source said. Mr. Calvar clearly believes such an event would lead to vigilantism by French patriots.

“With the rise of the Islamist risk, we have focused our surveillance on the jihadists in recent years. We have made less effort to watch the far right,” the source noted.

But Mr. Calvar acknowledges that Islamic terrorism is the major threat to French security, and has warned of that risk increasing as the terrorists gain access to superior technology.

Islamic terrorists have long tried to construct dirty bombs using medical radioactive products, and have been attempting to develop ricin attacks to instil fear and panic into Western nations, he explained. But the fall of Saddam Hussein and the Syrian civil war has put advanced weapons into the hands of terrorists………

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  1. Angemon says

    Jul 14, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    The head of France’s intelligence agency has called on his government to allocate resources to the surveillance of “far right” organisations, warning the country could be on the verge of civil war thanks to public unrest over the handling of Islamic terrorism.

    This encapsulates perfectly why the so-called “hate speech” and “incitement to violence” laws are absurd and do nothing but harm. “Public unrest over the handling of Islamic terrorism”? What is that if not people criticizing the government for their ineffective policies? If so-called “incitement to violence” laws are passed and enforced in France, criticism of governmental action – no matter how truthful, constructive and incisive it may be – on the matter would be, effectively, criminalized – because doing so would “create unrest” and “lead to violence”.

    The problem here is not the “far-right” organizations, it’s the failure of the government to tackle islamic terrorism – by, amongst other objectionable and potentially deadly sins, falsely equating it with “right-wing” “terrorism”, which is dual-speak for “critics of the government”. You criticize the government’s failure in addressing islamic terrorism and you’re suddenly just as bad as the murderers that attacked Cherlie Hebdo, the kosher market or the Bataclan.

    • David says

      Jul 14, 2016 at 5:48 pm

      Well said and dead on.

      • Mark Swan says

        Jul 15, 2016 at 5:39 am

        You Bet

    • Annie says

      Jul 15, 2016 at 8:31 pm

      “Public unrest”?? How about self defense? If the government won’t get the job done, the people will have to. If it means “civil war” so be it.

  2. خَليفة says

    Jul 14, 2016 at 12:19 pm

    One has to wonder how much influence Islamic money has bought in the annals of western governments, AND/OR how many bureaucrates have been threatened.

    • Custos Custodum says

      Jul 14, 2016 at 7:19 pm

      One has to wonder how much influence Islamic money has bought in the annals of western governments, AND/OR how many bureaucrates have been threatened.

      Precisely. The “threatened” option seems to be happening much more than even pessimists had thought. Intimidation of elected and appointed officials including Supreme Court judges has expanded manifold since the stage was taken over by Barry and the Chicagoes, but suspicious murders were common during the Arkansas (e.g. Vincent Foster) and also rumored during the Texas interregnum (Hatfield).

  3. nicu says

    Jul 14, 2016 at 12:27 pm

    If there would be so much ” right wing extremism ” – we would not be flooded with Muslims and surrender more and more to them !

    • Berengaria says

      Jul 14, 2016 at 4:59 pm

      Thank you Nicu, I pray to God that the Right Wing WILL rise, & evict this inhuman debris from our lands. Patrick Calvar is looking for a scapegoat, the Right Wing, to cover for the acts of the RAPEFUGEES. No, we will not accept anymore Government lies.

      • linnte says

        Jul 15, 2016 at 2:03 am

        I do not like this label of Right Wing, when clearly it could be anyone who has woken to find the problem is ISLAM! But if we must label we the people as Right Wing, so be it. I know people in America are FED UP with this Islamic problem, and I hope European people RISE and confront their Government EN MASS. I wonder how the Military there in Europe will respond when/if they find them in civil conflict with their OWN PEOPLE? This is definitely looking to be WW3. ?

      • Mark Swan says

        Jul 15, 2016 at 6:24 am

        In Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Austria, and Sweden, and elsewhere,
        the popularity of populist, anti-EU, anti-migrant so called right-wing parties is on the rise,
        Many fear the eventual failure of the lethargic, integrated, globalized, supranational state that is the present EU, and the rise of Nationalist Regimes, which could form their own Alliance, and many others seem to welcome this change right now. The Eastern European Nations can join. A European Union that is vastly different from the present is very possible.

  4. mortimer says

    Jul 14, 2016 at 1:53 pm

    French socialists want to eliminate all political opposition which is what their ‘run-off election’ system does.

    The ‘first-and-second-choice’ system, virtually guarantees that moderate socialists will win almost every election.

  5. duh swami says

    Jul 14, 2016 at 4:02 pm

    Right wing action sooner or later bring right wing results…Go Donald…

  6. David says

    Jul 14, 2016 at 5:57 pm

    One of the biggest problems we all face these days is the total absence of major news media, be it the news papers, tv, or radio. There is no coverage of Islamic jihad, killings, Islamic organizations, Islam in our schools, Islamabad influence in government, you name it. None.
    The multinationals that own and run our media must be brought to justice. Their lack of coverage is the same as treason !

  7. Thom says

    Jul 14, 2016 at 5:59 pm

    One of the biggest problems we all face these days is the total absence of major news media, be it the news papers, tv, or radio. There is no coverage of Islamic jihad, killings, Islamic organizations, Islam in our schools, Islamabad influence in government, you name it. None.
    The multinationals that own and run our media must be brought to justice. Their lack of coverage is the same as treason !

  8. Mockingjay says

    Jul 14, 2016 at 7:35 pm

    Well, Patrick Calvar, it’s now the early morning of july 15th – I’d say it’s high time you start the surveillance of “far-right” organisations.

  9. Drew says

    Jul 14, 2016 at 8:39 pm

    When left wingers like Calvar’s fellow socialists flood their country and citizens with millions of uneducated, hostile, unassimilating immigrants from the most primitive work-shirking cultures, they are not called extremists. But when anyone objects to being threatened or displaced in their own country, they are labeled and libeled as “right wing extremists”.

    • EYESOPEN says

      Jul 14, 2016 at 9:14 pm

      That’s what it all boils down to Drew. Not only are French “leaders” committing cultural suicide, they are excoriating those who don’t want to go down that ugly road with them.

    • T Ross says

      Jul 15, 2016 at 7:45 am

      Unfortunately, “right wingers” do just the same as ruling elites of the EU states (no need to go further than Frau Merkel for an example). Just the two sides of the same counterfeit coin.

  10. Ed Dunkin says

    Jul 15, 2016 at 5:36 am

    Keep those Winchesters clean gentlemen, Canada may be first to need them. Trenton Ontario is erecting it’s first mosque from an old Christian church ‘we’ bought them for a song and after one year of living there, I have not seen one muslim……Hmmm….. I puzzle the whys of it, but I believe I know the hows. Trenton is one of Canada’s most stragegic RCAF air bases.

  11. west_rhino says

    Jul 15, 2016 at 9:47 am

    Ineffective action by Mr. Calvar and associates leave effective action to citizens that are threatened by moslem elements that may well carry back to Algeria and the Levant a distaste for France. Alas, on another tangent, as far left as moieties of the French body politic are, actual middle of the road is “far right” by comparison, thus the “silent majority” of France that is not the effete Parisian cognoscente may well be a threat to that establishment as the rise of Trump’s populism in the US nabobs.

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