Is France preparing for invasion of Libya?
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The fear of tens of thousands of refugees flooding the Mediterranean coasts of southern Europe is prompting invasion talk from the French capital.
Victory for Gaddafi in the civil war would send waves of Libyans into European ports and exacerbate the problems already being experienced in Italy. The tiny Italian town of Lampedusa off the Sicilian coast is already overwhelmed by arrivals who are risking their lives by fleeing Tunisia in small boats.
More than 8,000 have landed on Lampedusa in the past three weeks, as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports. The Italian Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni, has warned of a “biblical exodus”, saying “Europe is being invaded”.
French President, Sarkozy, does not want the flood of refugees to head towards France. The bombing of Gaddafi’s airfields and arms dumps by France would have very little to do with the love of democracy and freedom for the Libyan people, but fear of dealing with thousands of people pleading for political asylum.
Bulls eye on Libya
Image by STEVE BELL
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Do the French even have an army? Or do they spend all their time watching Jerry Lewis movies?
If the Libyans burn effigies of Jerry Lewis, that would be the last straw.