Quote Originally Posted by Veldan Rath View Post
The UK doesn't have a failed state on its border...you have the English Channel, and a few other States as a buffer. Imagine having Syria on your BORDER Rand, after decades of civil war, drug lords, and rampant violent crime.

Oh, and ask Mexico how it deals with its southern border...
EU as a whole has a border with former Yugoslavia, which definitely fits the bill of brutal civil war, drug lords, and violent crime.