Posted on 10/20/2019 7:31:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Mayor Giuseppe Sala made the request following a Mass marking the 75th anniversary of the Gorla massacre, named for the quarter in the city that was struck, the news agency ANSA reported.
Sala said, adding that he would formalize the request with the U.S. consul in Milan this week.
The air raid on Oct. 20, 1944, targeted an industrial complex near the city, but a second wave of bombers went off course and released their bombs southeast of the target to lighten their loads as they returned to base.
One bomb struck the Francesco Crispi elementary school as children raced for shelter.
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Too late. Those children are now officially white, so no need to be sorry.
We spent billions of dollars rebuilding your country after the war. You’re welcome.
If Italy had not allied with Hitler this would have never happened.
What a sad reminder that war is hell.
No.
A lot of civilians died on both sides in that war.
Uh, it’s war Senor. Your country declared war upon us first along with their Nazi allies. And targeting then was much less accurate than today. No apologies needed.
How about an apology for being nazi allies and killing US troops that invaded Sicily?
Pound sand.....
I’ve heard similar talk over the years, that we should apologize for the bombing of Dresden, fire bombings of Tokyo, and for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Many Innocent civilians die in war. It’s sad but it happens.
Ok, Mr. Sala, we are sorry. Does it help return those kids back to life? Remember, war is hell. Now, that said, my grandfather left Italy. Mussolini had a price on his head. Mussolini declared war on us, we didn’t declare war on you...
I think you are right. I don’t wish this to happen to anyone, but I wonder what would happen if they were all muzzards?
The people of Ethiopia await yours first, asshole. Then GFY
The last response expected on this topic was race. It’s mind-boggling how some people just can’t get past a weird obsession with skin color.
Why are you dragging up an incident from half a century ago? What purpose does it serve, except for scab-picking virtue signalling?
Go to hell.
Tough crowd tonight.
Gotta admit though, this scene popped into mind while reading the article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V_hCqO6UQs
I don't closely follow Italian politics, but my first thought was - this guy has to be a rabble-rousing Leftist.
Sure enough, he is. He's in the "Democrat Party" which is a recent amalgamation of old communists, social justice types, progressives, etc... So in sum, he's just barking the same sounds of all EU leftist dogs.
There was a war. These things happen. Ask the Fascists and the Nazis to apologize.
We’re sorry about the kids. You’re not getting any money.
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