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Italy denies US access to military base (www.newsweek.com)
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Italy denied U.S. military aircraft headed for the Middle East permission to land at its Sigonella air base in Sicily, according to local reports.

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[–] 127 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The decision was reportedly made by Italy's defense minister Guido Crosetto, who was left stranded in the Middle East as the war kicked off. Crosetto said on March 1 that he was being evacuated from Dubai by military aircraft after he had traveled to the region for a family vacation.

lol

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  • [–] 46 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Late stage self-awareness, is still self-awareness.

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  • [–] 41 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    It's the Italian bureaucracy, I think it's safe to assume pettiness is the chief motivating factor here.

    I'll take it, don't get me wrong, but let's not get it twisted.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    While it is a bit petty, I think it is mostly insulting to the italian defense minister. I mean you find yourself in a hot zone during vacation because your supposed ally couldn't give less of a shit to inform you that it would start a war. So honestly, quite a reasonable crash out

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    [–] 115 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    It is good to see that Spain is not the only one taking part and making statements in Europe, regardless of the ruling ideology.

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    • [–] 75 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

    True story: When France refused to let us fly through their airspace during the Iraq War, the Congressional Cafeteria changed the name of French Fries to Freedom Fries.

    So I guess we'll be seeing Freedom Dressing on the Congressional Cafeteria salad bar.

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  • [–] 47 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    So childish. Without France, the USA would not exist.

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  • [–] 46 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Americans like to pretend that France owes us for WW2, but if the French Navy hadn't shown up at Yorktown, and blocked the British ships from evacuating their army (again), we'd all be speaking...English...well, you know what I mean.

    We 100% owe the founding of our company to France.

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  • [–] 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    You say that like people in the US learnt history in schools...

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago

    Remember the resurgence of jokes about France surrendering? Same background.

    Btw, it was not only refusing to let them fly, but primarily refusing to join the war while the UK, Australia, Poland, Spain or Italy did join that time.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Cesar Salad -> President Salad

    Pizza -> American Pie

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    [–] 57 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    AFAIK both Spain and France have completely denied access to their airspace for war related efforts. So flights departing from the UK after a refuel are going to have to do one hell of a detour to get to destination. And now, Italy denies bases use too.

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    • [–] 35 points 4 months ago

    good job, Italy

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    [–] 30 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    What the actual fuck? Why are literal fascists doing anti-imperialism again?

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  • [–] 44 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Because they've recently lost a huge referendum about changes to the Constitution, and every channel on TV is talking about government crises and how the right-wing coalition that's currently governing is falling apart, as the referendum vote was seen as a popular no-confidence vote on the current government.

    People are pissed, we had huge protests last autumn about the situation in Gaza, in my city it was the biggest one I've ever been to, so this is a bit of a sensitive topic, an easy way to gain back some poll percentages.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    But I bet people are more pissed about economic and social situation, because all these right and centrist refuse to make regulations and tax the billionaires while the workers pay for everything in the country.

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  • [–] 43 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The decision was made by Crosetto the Italian defense minsiter, who got stuck in Dubai, when the US and Israel attacked. He is also on the moderate wing and from a rich family. Italy is weird that way. As in some members of a party go out a Roman Salute around, while praising Mussolini, and then the next day other members of the party call themself anti fascists and would love a European federation.

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    • [–] 25 points 4 months ago

    Italy is often a weak link in an axis

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    [–] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    It's just a formality, they didn't ask so the government uses it as cheap propaganda to gain consensus after the justice referendum debacle. Meanwhile from Aviano jets are regularly taking off.

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    [–] 12 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    They ask permission in fly. Why no ask before leave?

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    • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    what could be the reason? I mean Meloni is the servile ally of Washington

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    She's Prime Minister not Queen, it's not her decision.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago*

    Ask her defense minister that was stranded in the middle East on family vacation and had to be evacuated by military plane, just because the US were to stupid to even inform their allies they would randomly start a war there...

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    • [–] 9 points 4 months ago*

    Bravo Italia! The MAGA fucknuts must be fuming. In other news, I heard the French stopped and will not allow arms shipments across their territory to the lunatics in Israel.

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    [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Chad Spain always ahead of time.

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