World watching in disbelief as France tears itself apart

July 1, 2023

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Macron is losing control of France. Thousands of arrests. Torched schools, community centres, city halls, sports complexes, post offices. Looting ranging from Lidl supermarkets to Apple Stores. Gendarmes and special forces brought in to patrol the streets at night, in addition to the beleaguered police force. Rising anger among shopkeepers clamouring for a curfew

“or we’ll take matters into our hands”.

It escalated disastrously, in all-too-familiar fashion. Rioting, incendiary accusations (of state racism, that “they” want to kill “us”) and then literally incendiary acts: arson, senseless vandalism and destruction, from bus stop shelters to rows of shops, kindergartens, social housing. And theft, everywhere, of private and public property; indiscriminate; from a six-pack of semi-skimmed milk to watches, jewellery, Nike shoes, baby buggies.

Comment

Nanterre, ancient Nemetodor or (Latin) Nemetodorum, town, Hauts-de-Seine département, Île-de-France région, north-central France. It is located on the east bank of a loop of the meandering Seine River and separated from Paris by the suburbs of Puteaux and Neuilly-sur-Seine

Some 45,000 police officers and Gendarmes were mobilised on Saturday evening (July 1, 2023), after hundreds of people gathered to bury the 17-year-old police shooting victim in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. More than 200 policemen have been injured and over 700 businesses ransacked or burnt down since the police shooting of Merzouk sparked nationwide unrest on Tuesday.

“The results of the night can be summed up in one word: apocalyptic,”

Rudy Manna, of the Bouches-du-Rhône police union, said of Friday night.

The name France comes from Latin Francia (“land of the Franks”). Franks means “free” or “freemen”. The spirit of the French is that they are free – free from any bondage. Hence “liberty (freedom), equality and fraternity” was the cry of the French Revolution. But it is a false cry. It has not brough freedom – it brings anarchy and rebellion.

Bible Quote

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. (Revelation 16:13)

These 3 unclean spirits are like frogs. They link to the French Revolution of Liberty, Equality Fraternity. The first King of the Franks was Clovis – his shield initially had 3 frogs on it! They were later changed to lillies.

 

Andy Walton

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