slim said:
Isn't it about time that our country stopped pretending that it is still the great power that it was when the empire existed.
Are we spending too much of our time and resources attempting to police the globe?
If the money spent on fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq was spent securing and protecting our borders and citizens would it be spent more effectively?
Would this money and our service personnel be used to better effect to combat drug importation, people trafficking and illegal immigration?
I don't know the answers and I think its fairly obvious that the politicians of all parties don't either.
Suggestions on a voting slip please.
We certainly do not want our service personnel involved in law enforcement within the UK or its borders. That is a quick route to dictatorship. All ready some surveillance units have moved into civilian law enforcement.
As for having squaddies with fixed bayonets pushing women and children back onto ferries or aircraft that would make good publicity and we both know it would never happen.
Where are we going to send these people back to. The other country has to first acknowledge they are their citizens and than state they are prepared to have them back. With vast amounts of hard currency be remitted to these countries it is hardly in their interest to do so.
Who is going to transport these people, you will not find an airline or shipping company who will take them unless they are guaranteed landing rights for the deportees. Even less chance if they are liable to be violent. The RAF can not even cope with moving troops between here and overseas deployments so they will not be in with a bid.
Why were the French so happy to see all the refugees disappearing down the channel tunnel. At least the English speaking one were going away just leaving them with a shed load of French speaking illegal immigrants. Spain is loaded with South American and Rumanian immigrants. Because they speak either Spanish or Rumanian a Latin based language close to Spanish which they can adapt tp rapidly.
As you said in your last line "I don't know the answers", perhaps your time would be better spent suggesting viable solutions than the standard "Scum" Newspapers scaremongering about a problem we all know exists.
But then perhaps its to hard for you to offer acceptable solultions, so like the French you just dump the problem on others ie. Politicians.
Disgusted of Tumbridge Wells
Nutty
PS We can stop drugs importation and crimes committed to obtain cash to support a drug habit tommorrow, just by making all drugs legal. Solution done simple. See its not hard is it.