Italians Still Want to Blame US for their Own Stupidity
From ABCNews:
Italian investigators blamed U.S. military authorities for failing to signal there was a checkpoint ahead on the Baghdad road where American soldiers killed an Italian agent, and concluded that stress, inexperience and fatigue played a role in the shooting, according to a report released Monday.
The probe found no evidence that the March 4 killing of intelligence agent Nicola Calipari was deliberate.
In other words: The US blamed it on Italian stupidity and Italy blamed it on American stupidity. Someone once explained to me the philosophy of crosswalks, “Yeah, you might have the right of way, but if they're in a truck and you're on foot, they're gonna win.” Maybe the Americans were trigger happy, but given their location and the behavior of the bad guys they faced every day I'd hardly call that a bad thing, because it's spared their lives on many occasions. Now the Italians on the other hand might have been fearful of the area and wanted to get out quick, but when it comes down to who had the burden of letting the guys with the guns know the people in the little blue car were good guys...I'd say that was an Italian job.
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Posted by Danny Carlton at May 3, 2005 10:28 AM