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Comment: With cannons on sparrows
Germany and Turkey have in Nato to assist in the refugee crisis asked. The Alliance aims at the Detection of Schlepperbanden help. It is not a task for the military Alliance, says Barbara Wesel.
Some ideas are just with the desperation of their authors to explain. So Angela Merkel and her Turkish colleague Ahmet Davatoglu for a number of reasons currently quite unnerved. Both are looking for support in dealing with the refugee crisis, and because it is less about the practical Use, but to political initiatives. And because it is within the EU simply does not goes ahead, knocked the two heads in the other large Alliance. Nato works finally, according to the principle of command and obedience, if a Mission once decided.
No role for Nato
The first reaction in Nato circles was quite amazed: The fight against Menschenschmuggler is not a military task, and certainly not to the jurisdiction of the Alliance belong to. And Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg responded only once to be diplomatic: It must accurately hear what the two member countries, as presented. In General, it seemed to with other Nato partners have little enthusiasm for a bet in the Turkish-Greek sea-Close to give.
But Bundesverteidigungsministerin von der Leyen will prevail, Yes you can, the Nato naval use, anyway, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean stationed. You are in use to the nerves of the Turks because of the presence of Russian bomber in the Syrian-Turkish border area to calm down. But now, some of these ships – so the idea – in the waters between Turkey and Greece, the Navy of both countries in the hunt for tug support. And then, when such boats are applied and the refugees are saved, should they, according to German ideas, the same brought back, and on the Turkish coast to be dropped off.
Task for the coast guard, not for warships
Of course, should this application not be shot, but it is the impression of strong wool cannons to sparrows deter. Warships are, after all, at the very least, suitable, accomplish a task, the well-equipped coast guards with all of Greece and Turkey without any problem, even could do, if they wanted.
If Nato is so here as a political Overseer to the two countries to show how to do it? Or should you Greeks and Turks to relieve, so that you do not even need to intervene? The exact purpose is not clear and the actual Use of more than dubious.
Because, after all, would have to deal first with the poisoned Greek-Turkish relations employ to such a use possible at all to make. The Greeks insist, the Alliance would be allowed only in Turkish waters to operate.
But between the coast of Turkey and the Greek Islands there are many so-called gray sea areas without any national assignment. Can you imagine how Nato frigates because in a zig-zag course on the hunt for tug-boats, then in Greek waters no longer to be pursued, or how should this go?
Nato mission should the EU fail to distract
This Nato-mission is a waste of time and resources, it is mostly symbolic politics. The whole action is mainly the citizens of the countries involved to take decisive Action to fool. Plays the next Flüchtlingsdrama just on the Syrian-Turkish border, where tens of thousands of people from Aleppo seek shelter.
The international community should focus on helping them, instead of misguided military action against tug to get bogged down. They are definitely the lesser part of the problems, and when the refugees a path is obstructed, you will find out. The refugee crisis shows first and foremost the fundamental inability of the EU, jointly and severally to act. And on the other hand, Nato can, unfortunately, doesn’t help at all.
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