No I’m not trying to be humorous at all. Phrases like “regularly risk their lives” are over the top and should be reserved for Helmand or the Adrar des Ifoghas.

Search and rescue should be no riskier than rappelling down a cliff (a good belay, rope and harness should see you down safely), firing an assault rifle (proper weapons handling, good fire discipline and ballistic goggles should reduce the risk of injury to a minimum), or driving a heavy vehicle on a coast road (vehicle-specific training and constant vigilance should reduce the danger to a minimum).

It can be pretty cushy to watch and critique from a comfy armchair. Just think, if it were not that dangerous would there be so many accidents in the first place?

If it’s a joint effort, you never know where the trip ends.

Or better, Muscat is currently the main obstacle to any cohesive collective action on behalf of the countries facing these tragedies.

Which is why France and Italy joined forces Friday.

It will be absolutely interesting observe Muscat’s, make that his masters’, reaction to setting up humanitarian migratory corridors in North Africa.

We can’t have EU interests physically south of Malta now can we? More so anything to do with human rights.

Time to choose Joseph, you’re either in or out.