La politica estera per il sig. Berlusconi

[Max Kool]

Intervistato dal New York Times (ma tanto dirà che è LA SINISTRA che fraintende le sue parole), il nostro presidente ha fatto un'interessante dichiarazione; riguardo l'uso della forza in Iraq ha detto che la comunità degli stati democratici dovrebbe essere pronta a usare la forza in certi casi, e che questo potrebbe richiedere "un cambiamento della legge internazionale, che finora riteneva inviolabile la sovranità di un singolo stato" (a change in international law, which previously held that the sovereignty of a single state was inviolable).

Ora, posto che io, contestando le parole del bisunto dal Signore, sono un eretico, un comunista, uno stalinista e una canaglia, sbaglio o le sue dichiarazioni stanno sbarellando sempre più? Dopo i commenti su Israele e sulla Cecenia se ne esce mettendo in discussione un principio basilare come la sovranità di uno stato... incredibile...


L'intervista completa:

ROME, Dec. 4 — Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday night in an interview here that all European countries should rally to American efforts in Iraq and described the intervention there as an important, necessary example of the West exporting freedom.

Mr. Berlusconi, who holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, said there were many ways in which Western countries could and should promote their values, including placing economic sanctions on totalitarian governments.

But, the prime minister added, the "community of democracies" must be prepared to use force in certain cases, as it did in Iraq. He said such an approach might well require "a change in international law, which previously held that the sovereignty of a single state was inviolable."

"Today the West is the only military power, and within the West there is the incomparable supermilitary power of the United States," Mr. Berlusconi said during a 90-minute interview Wednesday night in Palazzo Chigi, the prime minister's official residence here.

"And today we ask if it should be possible, looking to the future, to intervene as exporters of democracy and freedom in the whole world," he added.

He made it clear that he thought it was indeed possible and that his mindset mirrored — and perhaps even went beyond — President Bush's doctrine of pre-emptive intervention to head off terrorist threats.

Mr. Berlusconi's stated philosophy left little if any room for the kinds of qualms expressed by so many of his European counterparts.

The wide-ranging interview came at a time when Mr. Berlusconi seems to be under almost constant fire.

Over the last few days and weeks, he has been attacked by political opponents here and elsewhere in Europe for legislation that seems to favor his vast media empire, for his emphatic support of Israel and for his recent defense of Russian policies in Chechnya.

But the prime minister seemed wholly unbowed by that and, even as he was recovering from the flu, spoke energetically and expansively, in soliloquies bereft of self-criticism and brimming with self-congratulation.

"I am only myself, a sincere person who doesn't bend to conformity," Mr. Berlusconi said in Italian. "If I have an opinion and you ask me about this opinion, I have the courage to say it."

Although several of his aides, sitting nervously nearby, piped up occasionally to try to steer him away from potentially delicate subjects or dicey locutions, he more or less ignored them.

In a Europe often hostile to the Bush administration, Mr. Berlusconi offered an impassioned defense of the United States. He said he was astonished by talk of American imperialism from the European left, adding that he had never seen any sign of it himself.

"The only territory really occupied by the United States is that in which the soldiers who died for our freedom lie," he said, a reference to American cemeteries in Europe.

He also said that, in light of the long American defense of Western Europe after World War II, it was "absolutely unthinkable for me" to decline President Bush's request for an Italian military presence to help the rebuilding of Iraq.

Asked about frequent French and German opposition to the United States over the last year, Mr. Berlusconi said the diplomatic burden of his role as president of the 15-nation European Union prevented him from responding candidly.

But, he quickly added, "Everyone should have the awareness of owing gratitude to the great American democracy."

Mr. Berlusconi did not provide Italian troops for the initial American-led invasion of Iraq, which a majority of Italians opposed. It was only after the fall of Baghdad that his government authorized the dispatch of 3,000 soldiers, police officers and civilians.

A suicide bombing in southern Iraq last month left 19 of those Italians dead, but the prime minister said his commitment to helping the United States remained steadfast.

He added that he had spoken recently to the leaders of Poland and Spain, two other countries with troops in Iraq, and that he was certain they shared his resolve.

[ossoduro]

E' normale quando uno parla tanto per parlare e, soprattutto, per omaggiare l'interlocutore di turno, qualunque esso sia.


Di certo tutte caratteristiche di un grande statista.


Poi, però, dice SEMPRE di essere stato frainteso ......... altro sintomo del grande statista .......... che non è in grado neanche di assumersi la responsabilità di quello che dice.

Mah .......

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