I dag slutter Operation Mare Nostrum. Vi ved ikke, hvorfor EU har besluttet sig for Operation Triton, der kun bevogter Middelhavet ved Europas territorialgrænse (22 km fra kysten). Måske skulle Cecilia Malmström omplaceres først, hvem ved. Måske har de ligefrem studeret Afrikas demografi de næste årtier.

EU er efter 150.000 illegale krydsninger af hovedsageligt afrikanske fattigdomsflygtninge i år nået frem til, at Mare Nostrum udgjorde en “pull-faktor.” Det turde være en mild underdrivelse, når flygtningesmuglerne kun behøvede sejle deres last 10-20 km ud fra den afrikanske kyst, inden de blev samlet op af den italienske flåde. Smuglerne kalkulerede med flåden.

Den nuværende “løsning” er halvhjertet og vil betyde færre illegale krydsninger, men også flere druknede. Det kan dog aldrig være Europas ansvar, at mennesker frivilligt vil risikere deres liv i synkefærdige joller. Den effektive og humane løsning, ville være at tale klarspråk som australierne: “Spar jer beværet, risiker ikke jeres liv, I kommer ikke til at bo her,” men det er for meget ærlighed og handlekraft forlangt af molokken i Bryssel, for de sølle milliarder de koster. Nu har de uden videre folkelig debat lusket dettte lunkne kompromis igennem, og det er vel bedre end ingenting,  Man ville gerne have kendt debatten bag den, men EU er ikke et demokrati. Vi tager til efterretning,  at der har været palaver i kulisserne i Bryssel lige så tilpas, at den når lavsæsonen på Middelhavet.. Mare Nostrum ends as Triton takes over, Slut på Mare Nostrum – i dag tar EU över. Peter Hitchens: Why do refugees drown?

Theo van Gogh-mordet – de nøgne facts rekapituleret

Van Gogh was murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri while cycling to work on 2 November 2004 at about 9 o’clock in the morning, in front of the Amsterdam East borough office (stadsdeelkantoor), on the corner of the Linnaeusstraat and Tweede Oosterparkstraat (52°21′32.22″N 4°55′34.74″E). The killer shot Van Gogh eight times with an HS2000 handgun. Bouyeri was also on a bicycle and fired several bullets, hitting Van Gogh and two bystanders. Wounded, Van Gogh ran to the other side of the road and fell to the ground on the cycle lane. According to eyewitnesses, Van Gogh’s last words were: “Mercy, mercy! We can talk about it, can’t we?” Bouyeri walked up to Van Gogh, who was on the ground, and calmly shot him several more times at close range.

Bouyeri cut Van Gogh’s throat with a large knife and tried to decapitate him, after which he stabbed the knife deep into Van Gogh’s chest, reaching his spinal cord. He attached a note to the body with a smaller knife. Van Gogh died on the spot. The two knives were left implanted. The note was addressed to and contained a death threat to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who went into hiding. It also threatened Western countries and Jews, and referred to ideologies of the Egyptian organization Takfir wal-Hijra.

The killer, Mohammed Bouyeri, a 26-year-old Dutch-Moroccan citizen, was apprehended by the police after a chase, during which he was shot in the leg. Authorities have alleged that Bouyeri has terrorist ties with the Dutch Islamist Hofstad Network. He was charged with the attempted murder of several police officers and bystanders, illegal possession of a firearm, and conspiring to murder others, including Hirsi Ali. He was convicted at trial on 26 July 2005 and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. The murder sparked a violent storm of outrage and grief throughout the Netherlands. Flowers, notes, drawings and other expressions of mourning were left at the scene of the murder. Wikipedia

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Ingen af mine bryllupper var så opulente.