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2015-09-15 Europe

EU Backs Military Action against Med People Smugglers

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-09-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 The EU has a military? Who knew?

Posted by Raj 2015-09-15 00:42|| 2015-09-15 00:42|| Front Page Top

#2 A highly principled approach.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-09-15 05:53|| 2015-09-15 05:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Gee, they had people operating the old pirate racket out of North Africa for centuries. It only stopped when various Euro nations occupied them. Generally referred to as 19th Century colonialism.

Those who forget (or bury) history...yada, yada, yada.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-09-15 08:44|| 2015-09-15 08:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Deep in the article is the qualifier about destroying the boats 'before they sail.' Wanna bet sometrivver happy EU flyboy weenie stops reading after the first paragraph and splashes a loaded boat? Wonder what the fuselage 'kill' symbol is?

Posted by USN , Ret. 2015-09-15 08:46|| 2015-09-15 08:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Wow. It's amazing to see how quick these people are to catch on. /sarc

Posted by Abu Uluque 2015-09-15 11:19|| 2015-09-15 11:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Think they're bringing in the Aussies to train their troops?

They've had pretty good success stopping the boats.

Posted by AlanC 2015-09-15 11:55|| 2015-09-15 11:55|| Front Page Top

#7 This was brought up last May.

Four months.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-09-15 12:16|| 2015-09-15 12:16|| Front Page Top

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