Saturday, July 26, 2008
Amazing news from Italy
In WW2, our radio and newspapers were happy to tell us of successful campaigns and war efforts by our allies. Not so in the current war.
Italy is starting a dramatic project to stop an invasion, and we aren't hearing a word about it on our radio and TV.
Needless to say, we won't do anything of the sort, because our leaders believe in "breaking down walls", also known as "surrender". ¶ 9:42 PM
Italy is starting a dramatic project to stop an invasion, and we aren't hearing a word about it on our radio and TV.
Yesterday, the Italian government declared a “national state of emergency” over illegal immigration. A Cabinet statement said that the Government had to confront a “persistent and exceptional influx” of non-EU citizens and it had approved a proposal from Roberto Maroni, the Interior Minister, to declare a state of emergency “throughout the national territory”.
Mario Morcone, a senior official at the Interior Ministry, said that the decision had been prompted by the continuing arrival of illegal immigrants in ramshackle boats run by people-smugglers at the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, just off the North African coast. Many such boats capsize and their passengers drown.
Silvio Berlusconi, the Prime Minister, won final parliamentary approval this week for a security package under which illegal immigrants convicted of crimes will face jail sentences a third longer than those for Italians.
Needless to say, we won't do anything of the sort, because our leaders believe in "breaking down walls", also known as "surrender". ¶ 9:42 PM
