Regards, Ivan
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
Will they pay the terrorists a million for each person they pull?
now we know what the commie chick was up to.
As things progress in Iraq, this is a natural outcome. Thanks to Italy for their support.
Commies stab us in the back again!
If we still have troops in Kosovo, we should pullout. Let the EU-ro-peons deal with it.
I'm fed up with these wussies dumping everything in our lap.
Italy goes wobbly....I'm shocked! Wonder if the pullout includes the light carrier group.
Berlusconi has made Italy a staunch ally in Iraq. There is no reason to think that there is anything to be read into a withdrawal six months from now. If the announcement helps him politically then all the better. In the meantime we should still pass up the Bordeaux for the Supertuscans (they're just as good if not better anyway).
How can this be?
And ALL this time I thought we were "going it alone"!
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"I am so ashamed of my countrymen... please BigCheese, do not be upset with me..." |
Italy is to begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq in September 2005, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said.
He told Rai state television the pullout would take place "in agreement with our allies".
Italy has 3,000 troops in Iraq - the fourth largest foreign contingent.
Domestic opposition to Italy's involvement in Iraq intensified after the killing of an Italian agent by US troops in Baghdad earlier this month.
The announcement comes weeks after the Italian Senate voted to extend the country's military presence in Iraq beyond June.
Mr Berlusconi has been one of US President George W Bush's staunchest allies in the US-led war in Iraq.
But, he said, after speaking to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair he concluded that public opinion in both countries favoured a troop withdrawal.
"I spoke to Tony Blair about it, and public opinion in our countries is expecting this decision," he told Rai.
Berlusconi has said it depends on the ability of the Iraqi's providing sufficient security for Iraq on their own first.
Militarus Interruptus?
The MSM is trying to spin this as a negative, but it's according to plan and dependent on the successful build up of Iraqi troops.
Actually is not that they're pulling out but the lousy timing.
But in another piece of news it was said that the Italian parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of retaining the troops in Iraq. What's up with that?