Grabbing Gibraltar - whether the residents like it or not....

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This is sort of funny.  Why do nations want territory (which they handed over by treaty 300 years ago) where none of the people living there want them?

Oh, and incidentally, Spain should not stop there.  

If the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) is such an unfair agreement, then Belgium would need to be returned to Spain as well. Spain should also be reminded that it has its own colony in Morocco.

Pirates Have Lawyers Too

Spain's Defence Minister is pushing the EU to blockade three Somali ports. I won't discuss the utility of this since I don't know the naval deployment capabilities of the EU outside of NATO. But, I found this remark amazing:

--- Chacon also said the pirate gangs "have ties to sophisticated law firms in London," and she called for the international community to do more to track ransoms given to pirates to release hostages. ---

Really?