Algeria War 1954-1962

Modern Times ^ | 1983 | Paul Johnson

[Made In The USA]

Bump to read later.

[Van Jenerette]

...interesting reading.

[philosofy123]

Algeria was a classic case of this reversal. It was not so much a French colony as a Mediterranean settlement. In the 1830s there were only 1.5 million Arabs there, and their numbers were dwindling. The Mediterranean people moved from the northern shores to the southern ones, into what appeared to be a vacuum: to them the great inland sea was a unity, and they had as much right to its shores as anyone provided they justified their existence by wealth creation. And they did: they expanded 2000 square miles of cultivated land in 1830 to 27000 by 1954. These pied noirs were only 20 per cent French in origin (including Corsicans and Alsacians). They were predominantly Spanish in the west, Italian (and Maltese) in the east. But rising prosperity attracted others: Kabyles, Chaouias, Mzabite, Mauritanians, Turks and pure Arabs, from the mountains, the west, the south, the east. And the French medical services virtually eliminated malaria, typhus and typhoid and effected a prodigious change in the non-European infant mortality rates. By 1906 the Muslim population had jumped to 4.5 million; by 1954 to 9 million. By the mid 1970s it had more than doubled again. If the French population had risen at the same rate, it would have been over 300 million by 1950. The French policy of "assimilation", therefore, was nonsense, since by the year 2000 Algerian Muslims would have constituted more than half the French population, and Algeria would have "assimilated" France rather than the reverse. (Aside - in actuality, Algeria now has 32 million people to 60 million in France).

Tell that to Israel! If the Moslems are going to multiply that fast, the Jews are doomed to be a minority in Israel soon.

[dennisw]

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[dennisw]

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[FreedomPoster]

You should read this thread. A summary: Historical analysis shows the importance of Moral Clarity, which sheds light on our current situation, and helps us see how to proceed, and how not to.

[FreedomPoster]

Thanks for resurrecting.

Does anyone have a collection of "heavy on the history" threads like this?

[Rebelbase]

"Indiscriminate reprisals strengthen the terrorists. Targeted ones weaken them. Aim is everything"

New tagline.

[dennisw]

And the upshot of the story is Algeria is a rotten Islamic hole just like most other Islamic "nations". They got rid of the French and now infest France with their hordes. Ossified European welfare states hand out new baby bennies as if things were the same as 20 years ago. Muzzies grab the bennies to have huge families in their relentless Demographic Jihad.

[FreedomPoster]

>>their relentless Demographic Jihad.

Thankfully, our immigrants from the South are generally Christians, and not Islamics.

I really wonder what Europe will look like in, say, 75 years. It ought to be interesting enough by the time of my estimated actuarial death, in about 35-40 years.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Thanks for the ping. Good thread.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Rest in Peace.

[backhoe]

It's so old I'm not sure what it covers!

Terror in Algeria- a little history, please....
various websites | 12-15-01 | backhoe

[Tolik]

A fascinating reading, perhaps for a bit slower times than now about Algeria descending into darkness 50 years ago. Paul Johnson tells the story to learn from.

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[Valin]

Modern Times, A MUST read.

[Valin]

If I may, I'd like to recommend "The Shadow War" by Richard Miniter. He talks about the war on terror in N. Africa and the role of Algerian government in fighting it.

[dennisw]

I will try to read it. He's an optimist as far as taking on the bad elements in Islam. He was on the local radio.

[miltonim]

Muhammad's Koran-inspired persecution of Christians, Jews and all non-Muslims continues...