EU plans to combat trafficking 'moronic and delusional' say government advisers

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Government advisers and a former ambassador to Libya have struck out at European Union plans to deploy military force against Mediterranean people traffickers, with one calling the plan "moronic and delusional."

An independent evaluation document, seen by Newsweek and understood to have been circulated amongst European Union officials and military planners, also warns the planned expedition carries "a significant risk of collateral damage," and that it would have "limited impact" on trafficking operations. The document foresees an increased risk of kidnappings in Libya, of European citizens, if the plan goes ahead.

The warnings come as the EU recently voted to establish EUNAVFOR MED, a new naval organisation based in Rome with a remit to aggressively "disrupt the business model" of people traffickers operating along the Libyan coast.

"Libya is just the worst possible environment to carry out a foreign policing operation," Oliver Miles, who previously served as Britain's ambassador to Libya, told Newsweek.

http://europe.newsweek.com/eu-trafficking-plans-moronic-delusional-say-government-advisers-327705?piano_t=1

[KoKo]

1. Terrible solution to the results of Regime Change...

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2. Insulated and clueless elites.

Rather than accept their own responsibility for the situation, they shift the blame to the trafficers, who are a sorry lot to be sure, but who are more a symptom than a cause.

[Demeter]

3. Everything the EU does these days is moronic and delusional

and when the Karma bill comes due....well, it's going to be expensive. In fact, it already is.

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4. Not covering themselves with glory.

More like dithering over whom best to suck up to next, meanwhile fretting about the inconvenience of having to do that.