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Berlusconi(Italian PM, current Pres. of EU & great US friend) Urges Support for U.S. on Iraq

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1034276/posts

Berlusconi: "Everyone should have the awareness of owing gratitude to the great American democracy."

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Like Churchill, Berlusconi is man greater than his country. That's not meant to be a knock on Italy. Blair may be a flakey socialist, and before all of this I'd have never thought he would have rose to the occasion either but he seems to be stand-up guy as well.

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I admire Berlusconi. He is a strong ally of the US and he tells it like it is, which isn't easy when you have leaders like Chirac and Schroeder as your next-door neighbors.

Americans, please spend your tourist dollars where you are appreciated: Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Spain, Australia -- for a start!