RealClearWorld
Advertisement

August 3, 2011

Did Italy Really Press U.S. Into Libya?

John Rosenthal, National Review

AP Photo

According to a report in the Saturday edition of Il Corriere della Sera, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has confided to colleagues not only that he was opposed to the NATO intervention in Libya, but that he was pressured into making available Italian military capabilities by precisely the United States.

Read Full Article ››

TAGGED: Silvio Berlusconi, Italy, Libya

RECOMMENDED ARTICLES

May 8, 2012
Italy's Political Outsiders Have Their Day
Tobias Jones, The Guardian
Unlike France and Greece, the election results can't really be read as a reaction against austerity measures. Since Italy currently has a "technocratic" government (a non-political coalition of managerial safe-hands), those... more ››
May 18, 2012
Apocalypse Fairly Soon in Europe
Paul Krugman, New York Times
For the past two-and-a-half years, European leaders have responded to crisis with half-measures that buy time, yet they have made no use of that time. Now time has run out. more ››
May 18, 2012
Are Germans Destined to Save the Euro?
Jeremy Warner, Daily Telegraph
To make it work, the euro will have to become a very different kind of monetary union. Whatever the historic mission, it's not clear that Germans are yet ready - politically, culturally, constitutionally or economically... more ››
May 15, 2012
What Happened After the 'Good' Intervention in Libya
Daniel Larison
Who could have guessed this? The U.S. and our European allies are ignoring human rights abuses under the new Libyan regime. more ››
|