Very interesting article providencemag.com
>First weak signal: the largest demonstrations in France since the Second World War mobilized two million people several times last year against gay marriage. The demonstrations were headed and organized by members of the military, including General Dary, who had retired the year before from the prestigious post of Military Governor of Paris. Second weak signal: the latest demonstration against the migrants of Calais was headed by the former head of the French legion: General Piquemal. Third weak signal: General Tauzin, former head of the French special forces, will be a candidate in the next presidential election. Fourth weak signal: the first book sold on Amazon France is entitled What Should Not be Said. This book gives an appalling picture of security in France. It has been written by General Soubelet, number three of the French Gendarmerie. He was fired earlier this month
>officer corps that is culturally dominated by Roman Catholic aristocratic families attached to the defense of France
>there is an intellectual gap between a generation of officers who have broadly rejected the hollow readings proposed by France’s educational structure and instead have embraced their own romantic counter-culture