Only the Gendarmerie, which is a division of the army. Some of the Sûreté, or Police Nationale, are authorised to carry firearms but don't in normal duties.
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Only the Gendarmerie, which is a division of the army. Some of the Sûreté, or Police Nationale, are authorised to carry firearms but don't in normal duties.
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Here we go...
You have to be particularly small-minded not to recognise that sometimes bad people do bad things. Sometimes those bad people are politicians.
Keep an open mind. Question everything.
Caporegime
This is a bit of a myth I'm afraid, I could point to atrocities in the Soviet Union or SE Asia by regimes that effectively banned religion. Even this year there was a school shooting by a militant atheist who targeted Christian pupils.
Serious problems only exist with one major religion, however we've been so brainwashed by cultural marxists and SJWs that we're uncomfortable singling out that one religion, hence the desire to blame all religion. By doing so you're actually playing to the jihadi's fiddle, because you're letting them off the hook by assigning blame where it is undeserved.
Power.
The Jews became a rallying call for Hitler, but fundamentally the allies punished Germany for too long after ww1 and this resulted in Hitler rising to power on a front of nationalism as opposed to religion.
Your expertise in this matter continue to astound.
Soldato
You're generalising all muslims there. Remember these are extremists and are and should be no way linked to the peace living muslims all over the world.
Man of Honour
Finally got texts from family and friends. Everyone is safe. I'm utterly devastated from what has happened. 
2 attacks this year. I'm numb and shocked at this. I'm not quite feeling myself.
2 attacks this year. I'm numb and shocked at this. I'm not quite feeling myself.
Look at all the trouble in the 70s 80s and 90s caused by the Christian religions. They were resolved without the need for eliminating Christianity. The reason being that religion wasn't the cause (it was simply the excuse) it was about power.
Careful, you'll be outed as a muslim apologist if you carry on with rational thinking like that.
Finally got texts from family and friends. Everyone is safe. I'm utterly devastated from what has happened.
2 attacks this year. I'm numb and shocked at this. I'm not quite feeling myself.
Glad that they are safe FF.
Finally got texts from family and friends. Everyone is safe. I'm utterly devastated from what has happened.
2 attacks this year. I'm numb and shocked at this. I'm not quite feeling myself.
Glad to hear all are safe
Is that to me?
Caporegime
No he isn't. It's pretty much certain that there are more than 100 jihadis in any given western country.How do you find them?
They don't wear uniform, that don't have bases, they don't sit around in barracks.
Some of them, like me and you will now be sat at home with their families, even their families may not know they are ISIS members.
What do you propose NATO do?
Associate
Terrible thing to have happen. This is exactly why people are generally worried with the whole war refugee tide being welcomed too easily into Europe. When people as sick as those who took part in the attack hide in plain sight.
This is what I used to say but since Charlie Hebdo I have started to question more closely the teachings of Islam. That attack was not for Iraq or Afghanistan it was for the depiction of person in a magazine. There were many Muslims who were against the killing but sympathised. That sympathy needs to be looked at closely because in a modern secular society it is utterly insane and incompatible with modern life.
Our wars in the middle east were wrong and did damage, but it's not the whole story and you are kidding yourself if you think that is all this is about. There is a clash of cultures which needs to be openly explored in the media without fear of offending. We should not have to tiptoe around religion.
Caporegime
I'm quite happy to intensify operations against the Islamic State but surely the immediate priority has to be winning the war at home.
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