Anyway, I do like Italy for all the contributions they have made to our cuisine. I like pizza, spaghetti & meatballs, Italian sausage, lasagna, and those big jugs of cheap table wine for when I'm having company over and don't want to use the good stuff.
I don't like Italian dressing however. I prefer just olive oil on my salad and I get my olive oil from the Greeks. Do we also occupy Greece?
My husband’s Sicilian relatives blame the Americans for EVERYTHING. This is nothing new. I think they should be more worried about the Islamic hordes (which were there prior to 9/11 if Orianna Fallaci was anything to go by) than a few American bases.