July 5, 2025

French police "charged into the water with knives to slash a rigid inflatable boat (rib), which migrants were scrambling to board."

I'm reading "French police use knives to puncture migrant dinghies in the sea/The tactic, used for the first time, is a ‘precursor’ to a change of French maritime law that will allow officers greater powers to prevent Channel crossings" (London Times).

29 comments:

Meade said...

Farting in their general direction wasn’t working?

Quaestor said...

Better late than never. The EU is going to spend far more getting rid of migrants than meeting NATO spending obligations.

Narr said...

Good for the French; Islamic Unternehmen Seeloewe will be harder to complete if the French show some spine.

The time may be approaching when invader dinghies will be sunk on sight.

Quaestor said...

I burst my pimples at you and call your door-opening request a silly thing.

That didn't work, either.

Peachy said...

Strange how so many people want to flee despotic hell-holes run by for-life family dictators, communist and socialist hell-holes - and backward Islamic theocracies. It's a real head scratcher.

Political Junkie said...

Man Up, France.

Mary E. Glynn said...

You don't have to kick them out if you can defend your borders and don't let them in.

We let them in here because as the farmers and restauranteurs have shown, their business models include slave wages and they needs their slaves let in!!

Mary E. Glynn said...

Meade said...
Farting in their general direction wasn’t working?
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Maybe if our menfolk learned some skilled trades, we wouldn't need the workers to replace them...

What drove you out of the gardening/landscaping business mr meade? Being prof annie's gigalo/hubby paid better? Truth be told, there's not many blue-collar men in Madison. Without immigrant labor, you'd all be sunk. lol. Keep on farting into the wind though.

Mary Beth said...

It's for the cameras.

However, pictures taken by The Times showed French rescue ships continuing to escort migrant boats into British waters. A rib from the French salvage and rescue vessel Abeille Normandie was seen helping a migrant boat pass safely into British waters.

Krumhorn said...

The Trump Effect at work. They are still teensy, but maybe they are finally growing some ballz.

- Krumhorn

Original Mike said...

"Better late than never."

Sometimes, that's not true. There's such a thing as too late. I fear Europe has reached that point. I believe Trump's election was critical for us not to be in the same boat, though success is still very much in doubt, because of the courts.

Left Bank of the Charles said...

It took a while to sink in but the French police are acting here as emigration officers, preventing migrants from leaving France for England.

FormerLawClerk said...

Sounds like France needs some common sense knife control.

FormerLawClerk said...

"The Trump Effect at work.

Once one nation turns off the spigot of - let's face it black illegal immigration - then if other nations don't turn it off, there becomes a large and measurable competitive advantage for the nation that turned it off.

Turns out diversity isn't a strength.

Jupiter said...

"There's such a thing as too late. I fear Europe has reached that point."
That is certainly not true in terms of what is physically possible. It may be true in terms of what is politically possible.

gspencer said...

Sacre Bleu! Les muzzies are being inconvenienced from getting to England where the jizya is so much better. This is a human rights abuse.

Jupiter said...

It may be that Christianity -- or more exactly, the ethical system found in the wake of Christianity -- has reached its shelf date. You aren't going to save Europe by making holes in rubber boats. You stop an invasion by making holes in the invaders. If you can't bring yourself to do that, well don't worry about it. They will make holes in you instead.

n.n said...

The French are wary of catastrophic anthropogenic immigration reform.

Original Mike said...

"the French police are acting here as emigration officers, preventing migrants from leaving France for England."

Why would they do that?

Original Mike said...

Answering my own question: Perhaps to a avoid a potential rescue operation at sea?

Mary E. Glynn said...

Jupiter said...
It may be that Christianity -- or more exactly, the ethical system found in the wake of Christianity -- has reached its shelf date. You aren't going to save Europe by making holes in rubber boats. You stop an invasion by making holes in the invaders. If you can't bring yourself to do that, well don't worry about it. They will make holes in you instead.
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Bombing the hell out of everyone Israel is afraid of and killing off women and children doesn't seem to be bringing peace...

Let's try loving our enemies and putting down the swords. If Israel rejects our love because we don't send them billions in weapons to kill women and kids, they weren't really our friend in the first place, just using us for our billions.

LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
If you have too much, share your bounty with those in need. How many mountain bikes and camping vacay's can you take with the boys before you miss your wife? How many teenager toys can you float off before you say, I have enough and I really didn't do much work in reality for what I have... ?

The old ones are tapping out. You will too. Things are ch ch ch ch changing. Don't be afraid. You can aim those farts anywhere you like if that's your thing. Just take care you don't choke on your steaks.

RCOCEAN II said...

Good. Sink 'em all. Good Luck, Froggies, and Good hunting.

~ Gordon Pasha said...

Better than a MG-42 on a bluff overlooking the beach on arrival.

tcrosse said...

There must be some reason all these people want to go to the UK. It can't be for the food or the weather.

mikee said...

Apropos of nothing, how is the migrant issue proceeding in Poland? Oh, yes, I forgot for a second that they don't let in illegal Muslim aliens. Never mind.

Achilles said...

Original Mike said...
"the French police are acting here as emigration officers, preventing migrants from leaving France for England."

Why would they do that?

This is a good question.

Achilles said...

Krumhorn said...
The Trump Effect at work. They are still teensy, but maybe they are finally growing some ballz.

- Krumhorn


No. This has zero effect on the US.

Also neither Macron nor Starmer are particularly interested in stopping the islmacization of Britain.

There is something else going on here. My guess is Reform is leading in the polls in Britain by more than they are letting on.

Achilles said...

Macron is already jailing his political opponents.

I don't think Starmer can do that and get away with it though.

Jupiter said...

"Why would they do that?"
Because they agreed to do so some time ago, and the Brits are paying them to do it.

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