Arnon Grunberg

Emergency

War

Steven Erlanger in the International New York Times of Thursday, March 24:

'“You can bomb Raqqa, and you may consider that to be war, but you’re not going to bomb Molenbeek or Schaerbeek or St.-Denis, unless you’re ready for civil war,” said François Heisbourg, president of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, referring to heavily Muslim areas of Brussels and Paris.'

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'In dealing with terrorism through denial of nationality, abuses of civil liberties or an indefinite state of emergency, Mr. Heisbourg warned that “you may create the conditions where you end up with the civil war in European societies that Daesh clearly wants.”'

Read the complete article here.

Unfortunately, too many citizens in Europe and too many politicians are aiming for civil war in Europe. Tomorrow it's Easter, let's say: forgive them, because they don't know what they're doing.

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