1. 60 years ago, in April 1961, a group of French military officers led a failed coup against Charles de Gaulle, with the goal of stoping the decolonization of Algeria. Now a group of retired French officers have picked the anniversary of the coup to threaten French democracy.
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3. The letter is having repercussions in France and the USA. Marine Le Pen praised it. The Claremont Institute (the leading Trumpist think tank) translated it and suggested it carries a message for America.
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4. Readers of my feed will note that I was always insisted in 2020 and early 2021 that any Trumpist coup would fail because the military was not on board. Well, it seems the Trumpists have drawn that lesson & its logical corollary.
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5. Will the American right be able to follow the French example and organize a mutinous cadre in the officer class? Remains to be seen. But it's clearly the goal going forward. More here:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/the-reactionary-international …
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This is scary
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