Italy had no say in the war of aggression against Libya. As Berlusconi said the war in Libya was pushed by very powerful men. Yet Italy was persuaded to join on promises it will keep its privileged economic ties to the attacked country. Dr Paul Craig Roberts affirms that the attack on Libya is reminiscent of the strangulation of Japan by cutting its access to energy resources that the US & UK practised & backfired into WW2. This time the target is China: Anyone but the Chinese will be allowed to exploit Libya. Italy political class from Left to Right from North to South feasts now on the absurd prospects of renewing its colonial influence in Libya. The Libyan people are just the indigenous population of a land that belongs to Italy. Psychopaths & Sociopaths continue to rule in the Italian peninsula.
Italy moves to secure its share of the booty in Libya
14.09.2011. By Marianne Arens
Italy is not prepared to yield its traditional influence in Libya to its rivals. Italian business and political circles take for granted their right to decide on the future of the oil and gas wealth of the country’s former colony.
“Italy will be the first partner of Libya, as it always has been,” Foreign Minister Franco Frattini declared September 3 at an economic forum in Cernobbio on Lake Como. “Italy will always maintain its first place.” Continue reading →