Deterrence is the only way to go

There is no doubt that the events unfolding on the Greek-Turkish border at Evros and in the Aegean Sea these days are something completely different to the refugee and migration crisis experienced by Greece and Europe in the past few years.

What is going on right now is a military operation - where the weapons are the poor devils trying to escape war and poverty - launched by the Turkish government in order to wriggle out of a dead end resulting from its own arrogance and to fulfill certain self-confessed and unexpressed goals.

The evidence is overwhelming and arises from the rhetoric of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other government officials, from the propaganda and lies they are spreading and also from the support being provided by Turkish state services such as border and coast guards to those being encouraged to "invade" Greece.

The good news...