We Salute the thousand military personnel in France who signed an appeal for a return of honour and duty within the political class.

We can add nothing to the patriotic declaration below

“Our tricolour flags are not just a piece of cloth, they symbolize the tradition, through the ages, of those who, regardless of their skin colours or their confessions, served France and gave their lives for it. On these flags, we find in golden letters the words “Honour and Fatherland.” Our honour today lies in the denunciation of the crime that afflicts our homeland.

A crime that, through a certain anti-racism, appears for a single purpose: to create on our soil an ill-being, even a hatred between communities. Today, some talk about racialism, indigenist and decolonial theories, but through these terms it is the race war that these hateful and fanatical partisans want. They despise our country, its traditions, its culture, and want to see it dissolve by ripping off its past and history. Thus, through statues, they attacking ancient military and civilian glories by analysing centuries-old statements.

Every Frenchman, regardless of his belief or non-belief, is everywhere at home in France; there can and must be no city, no neighbourhood where the laws of the Republic do not apply.

Therefore, those who run our country must find the courage to eradicate these dangers. To do this, it is often enough to apply without weakness the laws that already exist. Don’t forget that, like us, a great majority of our fellow citizens are overwhelmed by your guilty swerving and silence.

 

The signatory generals:

General of The Army Corps (ER) Christian PIQUEMAL (Foreign Legion),General of The Army Corps (2S) Gilles BARRIE (Infantry), Major General (2S) François GAUBERT former Military Governor of Lille, Division General (2S) Emmanuel de RICHOUFFTZ (Infantry), Division General (2S) Michel JOSLIN DE NORAY (Marine Troops),General Of Brigade (2S) André COUSTOU (Infantry),Brigadier General (2S) Philippe DESROUSSEAUX of MEDRANO (Train), Air Brigade General (2S) Antoine MARTINEZ (Air Force), GeneralS) Daniel GROSMAIRE (Air Force),Brigadier General (2S) Robert JEANNEROD (Cavalry),Brigadier General (2S) Pierre Dominique AIGUEPERSE (Infantry),Brigadier General (2S) Roland DUBOIS (Transmissions),Brigadier General (2S) Dominique DELAWARDE (Infantry), Brigadier General (2S) , Brigadier General (2S) Norbert de CACQUERAY (General Directorate of Armament), Brigadier General (2S) Roger PRIGENT (ALAT), Brigadier General (2S) Alfred LEBRETON (CAT), General Medical Officer (2S) Guy DURAND (Army Health Service), Rear Admiral (2S) Gérard BALASTRE (National Navy).