Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
No because they weren't.
Yes they were, Greece is in the EU, and so is Italy. As for stopping them, for god's sake just for once look at a map of the Aegean islands and guess how far some of the Greek islands are away from the turkish mainland. I can tell you there are people who with a little bit of training can literally swim to the Greek island of Kastellorizo.