Italy deploys 3,000 soldiers in city centers

Tuesday 05th August, 06:47 AM JST

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undecidedbout08 at 09:54 AM JST - 5th August

"Italy deploys 3,000 soldiers in city centers"

Europe grows even more militaristic. I'm surprised Euros still oppose our 2nd Amendment, reading stuff like this:

Dressed in shirt-sleeve order and equipped with handguns, some 1,000 soldiers joined local police in Rome, Naples, Milan and other urban centers.
OssanULTRA at 10:08 AM JST - 5th August

Illegal immigration is problem everywhere on this planet. There will always be a flow of people from lesser developed places to more devloped places where better earnings can be had. This is true of the United States, Japan, and EU.
USAPatriot at 10:10 AM JST - 5th August

OssanULTRA; Many people want to go and make a better life in Europe. Italy being easy to access from Africa, is one of the main countries people head to.
LIBERTAS at 12:22 PM JST - 5th August

"I'm surprised Euros still oppose our 2nd Amendment." Not entirely correct. If one has a good reason to own and carry a firearm on continental Europe, it's possible. I keep one (Sig 9mm) in my friends safe for use when I'm on business in Europe. Ireland & UK do not permit handguns, but shotguns and rifles for farm/hunting use are permitted (with difficulty.) The rate of gun ownership in Europe is high, but unflaunted. Switzerland, as everyone knows is highly armed, and highly controlled. There is a lot of illegal-immigrant property and drug crime in Europe. In Italy particularly. I've actually had to dodge bullets in Rome and Naples several times in the street. The "evil doers" as I see them called here, will shoot first and ask questions later. Good for Berlusconi.
WilliB at 01:40 PM JST - 5th August

I note that in Europe now they have to protect churches already. The conquest of Europe is moving faster than expected.
undecidedbout08 at 01:45 PM JST - 5th August

Oriana Fallaci basically predicted all of this. How pathetic is Europe...
skipthesong at 05:10 PM JST - 5th August

mod, I was not referring to the poster, "Impolite to other user"

"The conquest of Europe is moving faster than expected." And they are people who would think you are a crazy racist for saying that, even go as far as jailing you.."

I meant that there are left leaning people in many countries who feel that by saying something as such constitutes a jail sentence... meaning you don't even have a right to speak your mind regardless of what you have been up against such as LIBERITAS. That is what I meant.
nandakandamanda at 05:18 PM JST - 5th August

I wonder if they have not had some advance warning of an attack?
FromEurope at 06:56 PM JST - 5th August

When I read the posts above, I can see the military paranoid people’s anxiety.

This is not really a military operation, but to help the police force to fight against the crime (drug dealers, illegal imigrants etc), especially in summer vacation period. The inhabitants are quite happy with this operation. (But obviously not some politicians)

1 soldier patrols with 2 policemen. Military doesn’t have the power of decision. The soldiers just support the police. In Rome, there is no such a military support because the Mayer didn’t want it.

And many posters mix up “Europe” and “Italy”. Italy is a small part of Europe and it’s smaller than the state of California. Italy’s decision is not a decision of Europe.
proxy at 10:26 PM JST - 5th August

Why not hire more cops? OssanULTRA, thousands of illegal immigrants have left the US and have gone back to Mexico because there is no work in the US.
RepublicofTexas at 01:04 AM JST - 6th August

And many posters mix up “Europe” and “Italy”.

I agree with that statement, but recently there has been an anti-immigration backlash throughout the EU and the developed world. The Dutch, the French, the Americans, everyone is starting to believe enough is enough. However, many forget that illegal immigrant/legal immigrant labor is what drove the housing and other booms that took place in countries like the US and Spain. Illegal immigrants are a major component of the US economy and just kicking them out will never work. However, the recent economic slowdown as well as harsher immigration laws and growing public apathy has caused the number of new arrivals to sharply decline in recent years.
rajakumar at 05:49 AM JST - 6th August

Good move.
FromEurope at 06:11 PM JST - 6th August

Why not hire more cops?

I think it's because they don't need more cops permanently. Most of those soldiers were in Iraq, and now, they don't have many things to do. Since they are payed anyway, it's better to use them rather than hire more cops.