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.

  • limonfiesta@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    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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      4 days 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