By THE EDITORIAL
BOARDFEB. 16, 2016
The New York Times
The announcement last
Thursday that NATO would send ships to patrol the Aegean in an effort to break
up the smuggling rings ferrying desperate refugees and migrants from Turkey to
Greece is, at this point, more a symbolic show of solidarity than anything else.
Even so, it reflects a heightened sense of urgency about the refugee crisis and
sends a strong signal that the Western alliance stands ready to help Europe
cope with it.