This is one for history. The Mayor of Rome ordered the lights of the city dimmed as a way to protest the presence of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
There were no high level
meetings in Rome between the Italian
President Berlusconi and Ahmadinejad.Western Leaders, including Italy, chose
the "American
Stance" in dealing with Mahmoud.They did not meet with him.
It was not a pleasant trip to Rome for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran Press News
The Mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno dimmed the lights on the City Hall Plaza
in protest of Ahmadinejad's visit to the city.Totally
Jewish.com reported:
Protestors waved Israeli flags, shouted
Israel’s name, and handed out leaflets proclaiming in Italian “We Don’t Want
You” outside the summit on Tuesday, where Ahmadinjead was
attending a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation meeting.
Arriving at the meeting, Ahmadinejad wasted no time launching into yet
another attack on Israel. He said: “European peoples have suffered the greatest
damage from Zionists and today the costs of this false regime, be they political
or economic costs, are on Europe's shoulders.”
Nearby in Rome’s City Hall, The Union of Italian Jewish Communities,
Italian politicians, equality campaigners and Iranian exiles held a “Free-Iran”
sit-in and heard speeches highlighting the threat of the leader.
Italians, Jews and Iranians protested against Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad on Tuesday.
President of Rome’s Jewish community Ricardo Pacifici told the Jewish News:
“It is an historical event for Roman people to start a new campaign to highlight
that the nuclear activity of Iran is a danger not only for Israel but especially
the people of Europe. These arms could arrive in a capital like Athens, Rome,
Paris or Madrid. It’s not a fantasy but a reality. It is important that public
opinion in Europe understands the need to stop Iran’s nuclear activity and
ensure freedom for the Iranian people, Israeli people and especially for
democracy in Europe.”
Rome’s Mayor Gianni Alemanno dimmed the external lights of the City Hall
plaza, designed by artist Michelangelo, for 15 minutes on Tuesday night in
protest.
When the history of the Great War Against Islamofascism has been written, this will be one of the moments we will be able to look back on with pride. Let's hope their will be many more.
4 comments:
Grazie Roma!
Thank G-d that at least some Europeans have not completely lost their minds, pride and sense of national, i.e., CHRISTIAN, identity. If the communists or the leftists of the ex-PM, Romano Prodi, would have still been in power, you can bet your "culo" that I'm-A-Dinner-Jackoff
would have been greeted w/open arms and allowed to freely spew his venomous lies.
FORZA ITALIA!
I hope Romano gets impaled on his own Prodi.
HA! good one pastorius.
Romano the Red has become totally irrelevant in Italian politics, a real punishment for him. He and the entire Italian left were crushed in the recent Italian elections.
Berlusconi is RIGHT about foreign and domestic Italian politics. I have attended his political rallies in Milano, where people were openly and proudly waving Italian, American and even Israeli flags (a sight which one sadly and hardly ever sees in most European cities these days). This was a genuine expression of solidarity with (along with the cultural and historical bonds which Italians have to) the USA. We "true" Italians (ie, not the communist traitors) never forgot that American soldiers fed us, clothed us, and helped rebuild our nation, with kindness and asking nothing in return, after WWII.
We of the Italian right, love the USA, and are not afraid to say:
G-d Bless America and may He keep her ever strong!
That is really great to hear.
When I was in England and France, I found the people and the atmospheres of those two countries to be very depressing. They walked around their own cities, as if the cities were mausoleums. They were quiet, as if respecting a corpse.
Then, one day, I was walking through Montmart, and I heard loud boisterous laughter, and I looked at the people, with the big smiles on their faces, and I listened, and heard that they were speaking Italian, and I shouted to them,
"Hey, you are my people."
I'm English, by blood, but I feel more kinship with Italians, Greeks, and Jews.
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