We are being goaded into civil war

Don't take the bait - there is an alternative.

A couple of weeks ago, I listened to Louise Perry’s interview with David Betz. Betz is Professor of War in the Modern World at King’s College London. As such, he has an academic interest in studying civil wars and what causes them. He is extremely concerned that the conditions in the UK right now are highly likely to lead to civil war within the next five years. I won’t go over his argument, but you can listen to the conversation for yourself here:

I think his analysis is helpful, but I’d like to pick up on one aspect which wasn’t really discussed in the interview. What I’d like to do in this piece is to argue that the conditions for civil war are not some kind of accident, but have been deliberately orchestrated. We are being played on a grand scale.

However, I also believe that civil war is not inevitable: there IS an alternative. I will explain what I mean by this at the bottom of this post.

Let me first justify why I believe that the conditions for civil war are being created intentionally.

Is the destruction really intentional?

Think back to July of last year, when Axel Rudakubana stabbed and killed three little girls and wounded many others in Southport. In particular, think back to Keir Starmer’s reaction to the subsequent riots across the country: you could be forgiven for thinking that he thought the ‘far-right’ were a bigger threat to the country than people who went around on a stabbing frenzy. (This is far from the only time that Keir Starmer has labelled any activity he doesn’t like as ‘far-right’ — it’s a pattern with him).

As Prime Minister, the facts of the matter must have been clear from very early on: that this was an attack perpetrated by a first-generation immigrant, who had been referred to Prevent, who had in his possession a copy of the Al-Qaeda training manual, etc. And yet, we were initially told that he was a ‘Welsh Christian choirboy’. This is not some kind of mistake, it was calculated and deliberate misinformation.

I wrote more about Axel Rudakubana and the links with what our elites are doing here.

I remember saying to my wife at the time, it felt like we were being goaded into rioting. It was as if they were mocking us, taunting us, encouraging us to rise up with violence — so they could respond with harsh punishment. If this was an isolated incident, it might be possible to dismiss it. But the truth is, this is a depressingly predictable pattern of behaviour from our political class: ignoring the will of the people (e.g. trying to overturn Brexit); smearing ordinary people as far-right; demonising anyone who disagrees with the agenda. There are many tools which have been used against us to create social unrest: Covid-19 was one of them, climate change and net zero is another, mass migration is another.

For a short explanation of how mass migration fits in with the agenda of the elites, have a look at this video from Ivor Cummins. Earlier on today I read a piece on the Daily Sceptic about how Ireland is a ‘powder keg’ due to a 300% rise in Asylum Seekers.

But I believe, in summary, at this point there can be no doubt: our elites are deliberately stoking conditions for a civil war. These things do not simply happen by accident. It’s a classic case of problem — reaction — solution:

1. Create a problem — say, sow hatred and discord between two different groups;

2. See the reaction — there is violence between those two groups;

3. Swoop in with a solution — give yourself more power to deal with the violence.

And, make no mistake, this seems to be what is happening. Our elites seem to think that the answer to everything at the moment is for them to take on more power — pass new laws, restrict us more, and so on. For example, Tony Blair keeps on pushing for Digital ID. I remember signing a petition against ID cards way back when the Blair government first tried to introduce them. They simply will not let it go!

Some people (e.g. Miri AF) think that the goal is ultimately to eliminate religion, which would certainly fit with the secularist agenda. What better way to ban religion — or at least, make it entirely a private affair — than to foment ‘religious’ hatred and war? Once things get bad enough, people will be crying out for the government to step in and do something — which they will, with pleasure.

With that in mind, I want to turn to the question of Islam and the way that I think many conservatives are falling into the trap that the elites have set.

I repeat: Islam is NOT the problem

For all its flaws, YouTube has become a good way of accessing views and information which are different from that available on the mainstream media. Up until recently I used to watch ‘Fox & Father’ - Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson’s weekly catch-up conversations. However, I am finding it more and more difficult to agree with them on certain issues.

The problem is largely that they seem to think the problem is ‘Mohammedans’, as they call them. What concerns me is that this is the exact goal of the elites. Robinson and Fox have fallen for the trap — and I am very worried that many people on the right are falling for it too.

A few months ago I wrote a more in-depth post about why Islam is not the problem:

Al-Qaeda, as this documentary from James Corbett shows, was largely an American creation: they needed a bogeyman as a pretext for the so-called War on Terror. This is on the back of several false-flag operations where attacks attributed to Islamists were actually perpetrated by Western authorities (i.e. 9/11; 7/7 London tube bombing; and the Manchester Arena Bombing). We must recognise that there is a pattern of Western powers cynically using ‘Islamism’ as a pretext to justify granting themselves more power to go to war, impose restrictions, and so on.

Why do you think that many Islamist preachers who have been expelled from Islamic countries are allowed into the West? It’s not because Western leaders are naive (although many of them surely are). I think they know exactly what they are doing: they are intentionally sowing the seeds of division, so in the end people will look to them for the answer. Who is really at fault: the Islamist preachers and their adherents, or the politicans who welcome them into this country to continue spreading their message?

I think the truth is that, without Western intervention, Islamism would have simply faded away. Most violent ideologies do the same, probably because most people don’t want to be terrorists but simply want to get on with living their lives in peace. Why do you think that Western governments have had to manufacture Islamist attacks? Perhaps it’s because Islamism is not the force that people think it is.

This is not to say that we shouldn’t be concerned with Islam or Islamism! As I said in my piece on Islam, linked above, the picture is complicated. I don’t want to airbrush over the problems. However, at a minimum I think we can say that Muslims and traditional Westerners are being encouraged to see one another as enemies, rather than living at peace with one another. Rather than sowing the seeds of harmony and peace, our elites are sowing the seeds of division and hatred.

This is why I am deeply concerned for the likes of Laurence Fox, Calvin Robinson, as well as people like Douglas Murray and many conservative commentators: I think they are all good people, and have good instincts. However, I think they are unwilling or unable to see that there is higher agenda at play. They seem to think that all we need to do is eliminate Islam, or at least reduce it. The problem here, as I argued in my previous piece, is that the problems in this society would exist with or without Islam — Islam has simply been the light that has exposed the brokenness of our society, rather than creating the brokenness. We need a radical solution, which is bigger than simply reducing immigration, or deportation, or even recovering our ‘traditional values’.

And this is what I want to come on to in the final section: what solutions do we have?

There is an alternative to civil war

It is a very typical, human reaction to point the finger at ‘those guys’. They’re the ones doing the bad stuff — get rid of them, and all will be well. The particular group we want to get rid of depends on the tribe: leftists might say it’s “fascists” or “Trumpians” we need to get rid of, whereas conservatives might say it’s “wokies” or “Muslims” and so on. Every group has its own bogeymen.

However, the Christian way is different — radically different. Over the last few years I’ve read Solzhenitsyn’s words many times, and I think they are full of wisdom: (yes, I know I’ve quoted them a few times, but they’re worth repeating)

If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.
The Gulag Archipelago

The Christian message will not allow us to demonise any particular group. We need to remember that our sin separates us all from God, none of us are worthy of salvation. I believe that, if we turn back to Christ and to our Christian roots, then we will avert civil war and find that we may even have an outbreak of harmony and peace.

I know it’s easy to say ‘turn back to Christ’, but what does that look like in practice? Let me give three practical ways that this would make a difference:

1. Repent of our own personal sins and turn to Christ for forgiveness and the help of the Spirit to lead a new life. The heart of the Christian message is repentance — turning away from sin and turning to Christ in faith (Mark 1:15). This is something we need to do daily.

2. Pray for others in our community to turn to Christ also — including groups who are different from us. “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44). Remember that God has the power to turn enemies into friends — we know this because this is what he did for us (Romans 5:10). Get together with other Christians to pray and seek the Lord together.

3. Seek to “do good to all people” (Galatians 6:10) — especially the church (i.e. fellow Christians), but seek the blessing and wellbeing of your community. In 21st century Western society, we are encouraged to live atomised lives, pursuing our own goals without thinking about wider society. I believe if we instead think about how we could reach out and make a difference in the lives of our communities, by the grace of God it could make a huge impact.

The fundamental message here is that we mustn’t allow malign forces to portray ‘them’ as enemies. Those who have done wrong should face justice, absolutely, but we must recognise that all people are made in the image of God and need to hear the message of Jesus Christ. Ultimately it is Christ alone who will bring restoration and healing, not any political action.

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