From: scerir (scerir@libero.it)
Date: Tue Mar 18 2003 - 10:26:02 MST
Mike Lorrey
> War is a valid instrument of foreign policy, and especially necessary
> when *some* parties to diplomacy act duplicitously and with
> intransigence (i.e. France and Iraq). Such behavior makes war inevitable.
There is a strong debate about that, in Italy, right now.
Maybe you have noticed that Italy did not send soldiers, or
air-crafts, to Iraq. Our government just allowed (but we are
waiting for the final decision, by the parliament) US troops,
and US air-crafts, to flight over Italy (and to land and to take-off!).
All that is because our Constitution (article 11) forbids
any 'offensive' war, and any resolution of international
controversies by arms. But if that war, or that resolution
by arms, has the approval of UN or of NATO then it is ok,
and we can send troops, etc. Now the big problem, for our
government, was: how can we allow US air-crafts to land and
take-off if there is no clear approval by UN and the NATO, as
such, is not involved? The only way was to pick up some old
bilateral treaty ... ;-)
[For the records also France and Germany allow US air-crafts
going to Iraq to flight over their lands, I'm not sure about
the landing, though]
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