Not so fast Stan...Originally Posted by Stan
Things just got tougher for land based pirates
The following two quotes indicate that this is more likely just more talk about getting tough than actually doing so.
I suggest what this indicates is that the political idiots know what needs to be done but don't have the balls to let the EU navies in the area loose to do the business.In a two-year extension of its mission, EU defence ministers agreed warships could target boats and fuel dumps.
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Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo told reporters: "The EU plan is to allow attacks on land installations when ships are assaulted at sea," adding that "much care" would be taken to avoid civilian deaths.
It should be noted too that apart from the Brit and French navies the remainder of the EU navies can be considered 'timid' and should be released to go home (after being thanked for the efforts to date of course).
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