Originally Posted by
SLXOwft
P.S. Costa Rica and Panama have military forces, they just choose to call them something else.
Costa Rica has security forces (police) for internal security.
I didn't mention Panama.
Yes, you can argue that they are splitting hairs, but they have been consistent.
The party’s foreign affairs spokesman, Matt Carthy, said news of the arrangement, reported in The Irish Times, “simply further exposes the abysmal failure of successive Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil governments to invest in our Defence Forces and to ensure that, as an independent, neutral state, we can monitor and defend our airspace and our seas”.
That's a lot of talk, aimed at other political parties, until and unless they can influence a change.