Ceuta, August 15: nobody answers the call against the 'invasion'
On August 15, Ceuta braces for an 'invasion' nobody takes seriously. From the Army to memes featuring Rajoy, this is how the call-up falls flat.
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Ceuta, August 15: the call to stop the "invasion" that nobody answers
With the date circled in red, August 15 has become a kind of D-Day for Ceuta. The announcement of an alleged mass crossing has triggered a call to mobilize that, so far, has found more sarcasm than troops. While some ask who will show up to stop the crossing, others respond with jokes about the King, the Army, or the volunteers that one Gisbert would supposedly coordinate.
From the Army to volunteers: the roster of discord
The call to confront the hypothetical assault on the border has dragged out the entire institutional spectrum: the Army, the Guardia Civil (Spanish paramilitary police), the Policía Nacional, the King... but also a handful of groups offering themselves as a strike force. The "Frente Obrero" even launched an enthusiastic "present!". Most responses, however, range between skepticism and outright mockery. Some point out that, while Ceuta prepares, the real entries usually happen at Barajas airport in broad daylight.
"Nadapismo": the analysis gaining ground
The dominant current is "nadapismo": when something is announced with such fanfare, chances are nothing will happen. And proof of how little credibility the event has is that the most celebrated comment proposes Rajoy and Coto Segarro as leaders of the resistance. With a lineup like that, the antiestéticar economy amounts to nothing: no hotels full of militiamen, no shop closures. August 15 will go down in history, at most, as a dress rehearsal of noise.
The baffling detail is that, in the middle of the alarm, nobody has offered a troop count, a specific route, or a plan. It all boils down to a rhetorical standoff. And at this rate, the only invasion will be one of memes.
With the date circled in red, August 15 has become a kind of D-Day for Ceuta. The announcement of an alleged mass crossing has triggered a call to mobilize that, so far, has found more sarcasm than troops. While some ask who will show up to stop the crossing, others respond with jokes about the King, the Army, or the volunteers that one Gisbert would supposedly coordinate.
From the Army to volunteers: the roster of discord
The call to confront the hypothetical assault on the border has dragged out the entire institutional spectrum: the Army, the Guardia Civil (Spanish paramilitary police), the Policía Nacional, the King... but also a handful of groups offering themselves as a strike force. The "Frente Obrero" even launched an enthusiastic "present!". Most responses, however, range between skepticism and outright mockery. Some point out that, while Ceuta prepares, the real entries usually happen at Barajas airport in broad daylight.
"Nadapismo": the analysis gaining ground
The dominant current is "nadapismo": when something is announced with such fanfare, chances are nothing will happen. And proof of how little credibility the event has is that the most celebrated comment proposes Rajoy and Coto Segarro as leaders of the resistance. With a lineup like that, the antiestéticar economy amounts to nothing: no hotels full of militiamen, no shop closures. August 15 will go down in history, at most, as a dress rehearsal of noise.
The baffling detail is that, in the middle of the alarm, nobody has offered a troop count, a specific route, or a plan. It all boils down to a rhetorical standoff. And at this rate, the only invasion will be one of memes.
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