Turkish President Has Vowed To Open His Country's Borders To All Migrants.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3970550/I-ll-let-migrant-Europe-Furious-Erdogan-vows-open-Turkey-s-borders-revenge-Euro-Parliament-blocks-EU-membership-talks.html

Trump has been ridiculed and criticised for his promise to build a wall on the Mexico border, but would it makes sense for Europe to build one on the Turkish border?

[RandyMarsh]

i have told you before that ladder technology will more than keep pace with wall building tech.

[jno]

yes, just watch The Great Escape (I'm sure it will be on telly sometime over Christmas). There are fences along the border already

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36099336

[Zacs-Master]

'but would it makes sense for Europe to build one on the Turkish border? '

Can you re-read that to yourself and spot a) the irony of the word 'sense' combined with b) the obvious geographical error?

[RandyMarsh]

ah Jno, shovel tech, not to be under estimated.

[Orderlimit]

Another huge and predictable mess the EU finds itself in. Thank god for Brexit.

[jno]

Desperate Men Dig Deep, RandyMarsh. (An apophthegm I have just invented.)

[naomi24]

Zacs-Master //the obvious geographical error? //

Being what? Turkey has a land border with Europe, albeit a relatively small one. It should be fairly inexpensive to build a wall along that. The coastguards in Greece will need to be super vigilant though.

[anotheoldgit]

RandyMarsh

/// i have told you before that ladder technology will more than keep pace with wall building
tech. ///

Ah yes the simple ladder, why didn't I think of that, come to think about it, why don't all the prisoners in HMPs think about it?

[Khandro]

A 'wall' can be many things, it could be a naval blockade, which I have been advocating for the past couple of years.

[Zacs-Master]

And do you think Turkey (which, despite all the smoke and mirrors) would let a wall be built on their border?

[RandyMarsh]

Ladder access is heavily restricted in prisons.

[naomi24]

If it's not on their land I can't see them having a choice.

[Jackdaw33]

Apophthegm? Who ate a dictionary for breakfast?

[Zacs-Master]

Oh yes of course, a European task force turns up with 4 billion breezeblocks (rough calc, you understand, before you start taking it as a fact) and start building a wall, and the Turkish border forces say 'Ok lads, just crack on'.

Is this the same head-in-the-sand logic you applied to voting Brexit?

[Khandro]

The only connections by land from Turkey into the EU is via Bulgaria and Greece, and both of these have been sealed, that's why they come by sea.

[naomi24]

Zacs-Master, I never use head in the sand logic - and I didn't when voting for Brexit. With regard to the wall, I simply responded to your 'geographical error' comment with a little flippancy, which is why I added the comment about the Greek coastguard.

[naomi24]

Khandro, are the land borders sealed? I didn't know that.

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master

Oh so Turkey wouldn't allow Bulgaria to build a wall on their own land then?

[anotheoldgit]

divebuddy

Yes it has always proven difficult to get across 'no man's land'.