Time To Stop Pussy Footing About?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24769908
Why didn't the navy just blow these idiots out of the water?

[doctordb]

es muy peligroso!

[ToraToraTora]

sorry it seems that anti British have chimed in! yes the Navy in British terratorial waters, right oh!

[doctordb]

TTT, to be fair to steve.5 his avatar suggests he isn't anti british.

[ToraToraTora]

But acccusing the Navy of being the problem when they are in their own waters is a bit like accusing the housholder of being the problem after a burglary. Standard anti British cobblers I'm afraid.

[Zeuhl]

/Why didn't the navy just blow these idiots out of the water?/

Yes

That would really help the Gibraltarians wouldn't it?

Just what the Spaniards are trying to provoke.

Bearing in mind the Gibraltar economy and way of life is dependent on cross border relations - even frosty ones.

[Sqad]

TTT I have a certain amount of sympathy for your comments, although the Spanish will say that there were in either neutral or Spanish waters.

But to get back to your point.......i have never understood why the RN doesn't blow the Somali Pirates "out of the water."

[jno]

Sqad, beware the internment of enemy aliens

[Sqad]

jno....LOL....I am "one of them" now......"side, bread, buttered" and all that.

[ToraToraTora]

So you think the Navy should kow tow to these bullies then steve.5, I see.
This has got nothing to do with your anti British colonial obsession, fact, they are trespassing.

Yes zeuhl, you'd only have to do it once.

Sqad: me neither.

[youngmafbog]

//just not hoodwinked by imperial and colonial arrogant bullies who think they still rule the world. //

And you dont care what the inhaitants want?

It has nothing to do with ruling the world, you have simply spouted yet more anti British rethiric.

TTT, yes about time the Spanish were taught a lesson again. Enough of words, they wont listen nor do they care about territorial waters, ask our fisherman.

[jno]

if you've got Spanish ID, you will be pressed into service treating battlefront wounds, maybe naval surgeon in a submarine... three years beneath the waves fighting the War of TTT's Ego.

[youngmafbog]

What utter tosh jno.

[jno]

I was addressing Sqad...

[ToraToraTora]

It won't be a war if you prevent it now, even if it is the Spanish are better than the frogs anyway.

[doctordb]

jno, for a moment I thought you said 'undressing' :)

[Hypognosis]

@TTT

Perhaps the Spanish want to goad us into committing an act that would get us ejected from the EU?

Does anyone else remember that Jeremy Clarkson program where he admired the high quality of road surfaces in Spain (all empty of traffic at the time, I might add) which he tried to convince us was all paid for by EU subsidy (subtext: our taxes)?

[ToraToraTora]

"Flump back to Britain" - Right so you would give the rock back to spain against the wished of its inhabitants then steve, I see!

"Perhaps the Spanish want to goad us into committing an act that would get us ejected from the EU?" - Could we be that lucky?