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Silvio Berlusconi calls Italy a '[crappy] country'
Foreign Policy ^ | 09/02/2011 | Joshua Keating

Posted on 09/06/2011 8:19:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Edited on 09/06/2011 8:55:01 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]


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TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: berlusconi; europeanunion; italy; nato; silvioberlusconi

1 posted on 09/06/2011 8:19:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

More here:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/04/silvio-berlusconi-calls-italy-shitty-country-during-blackmail-scandal.html

TITLE : Silvio Slanders Italy


2 posted on 09/06/2011 8:20:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: SeekAndFind

If things really go bad for the 0 I could imagine him saying this about the USA.


3 posted on 09/06/2011 8:23:05 AM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

His wife was already saying that while things were looking pretty good for him.


4 posted on 09/06/2011 8:24:34 AM PDT by icanhasbailout
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To: xp38

RE: If things really go bad for the 0 I could imagine him saying this about the USA

Which is worse, saying that the USA is a s**ty country, or God Damn America?


5 posted on 09/06/2011 8:25:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m not expert in anything, but I don’t think it’s wise for people to believe everything they read on the internet.


6 posted on 09/06/2011 8:26:04 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (non-union thug.)
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To: SeekAndFind
I'm no expert in Italian politics, but I'm guessing people don't generally appreciate hearing this sort of thing from their leader.

Why? American democrats love to hear it..

7 posted on 09/06/2011 8:27:49 AM PDT by kidd (S&P gives Obama an 'AA+'...Obama's only published grade)
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To: the invisib1e hand

RE: I don’t think it’s wise for people to believe everything they read on the internet.

Not even when it has been reported from several sources?

See here just as examples :

CNN:

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-09-02/world/italy.berlusconi_1_karima-el-mahroug-berlusconi-blackmail?_s=PM:WORLD

DRUDGE REPORT :

http://www.drudge.com/news/147924/berlusconi-calls-italy-shitty

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:

http://www.smh.com.au/world/berlusconi-puts-his-foot-in-it-again-20110903-1jrf8.html

EITB NEWS WORLD :

http://www.eitb.com/en/news/world/detail/728938/berlusconi-bemoans-shit-country/

THE GUARDIAN:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/01/berlusconi-vows-leave-shitty-italy


8 posted on 09/06/2011 8:30:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: SeekAndFind

not necessarily.


9 posted on 09/06/2011 8:32:53 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (...then they came for the guitars, and we kicked their sorry faggot asses into the dust.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Indeed. It’s not like my prediction is out of the blue. More along the lines of Captain Obvious.


10 posted on 09/06/2011 8:59:03 AM PDT by xp38
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To: SeekAndFind

Not running for re-election I guess.

The kind of thing Obama will say after he loses the next election.


11 posted on 09/06/2011 10:07:24 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: xp38

For someone who hits on and hires damn hot women to staff his cabinet, I wonder what soured on him?


12 posted on 09/06/2011 2:10:19 PM PDT by max americana (FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
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