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Nihil

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4. YMMV

Reply to LeftishBrit (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 29, 2014, 09:39 AM

Oct 2014

I fail to see why we should continue to spend our taxpayers money and risk our servicemen & women's lives
for the sake of assisting suicidal wannabe-illegal immigrants in crossing from one "not our country" to
another "not our country".

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UK axes support for Mediterranean migrant rescue operation [View all] muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 OP

The Civilized World strikes again rpannier Oct 2014 #1

Disgusting. LeftishBrit Oct 2014 #2

YMMV Nihil Oct 2014 #4

yeah I kinda agree the this should be left up to the Mediterranean countries.. EX500rider Oct 2014 #5

Agreed. Why is no one complaining that the U.S. isn't helping these migrants? Or China? E-Z-B Oct 2014 #6

U.S. Navy Rescues 282 Migrants In The Mediterranean Sea pampango Oct 2014 #8

Because we're in the EU muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #7

Not if UKIP has its way. "No man is an island" and "We're all in this together" are liberal attitude pampango Oct 2014 #9

If I were British, branford Oct 2014 #10

There is a common foreign and security policy, with a High Representative muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2014 #12

I think there's a lot more to the British decision to end search and rescue operations. branford Oct 2014 #3