The misleading calm arising from taboo questions

Europe was taken aback by a recent letter signed by 1,000 French military, including some 20 generals, retired or on active duty. Another one followed, this time anonymous. Though for some the warnings of a possible civil war in France or the references to ‚the hordes of the banlieue’ of a certain religion may seem crude exaggerations, it would be a big mistake to ignore the alarm that they sound about a mood that is gaining ground. Their message is that the cultural and social divide brought about by large communities that are unintegrated and unable to get integrated leads to increasing frustrations across the Western world. They go on to explain that these developments are irremediable and that nations play but a marginal role in the decisions governments make. Let it not fool us. The failure to discuss vital topics in the public arena for politically correct or pure economic reasons

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