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Libyan Count, Democratic Services, Amerikan Copasir and Sweden failed

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Libyan Count, Democratic Services, Amerikan Copasir and Sweden failed

Facts, names, numbers, curiosities and controversies. The tweets of Michele Arnese, director of Start, not only on Libya and Services

LIBYA BEAUTIFUL SUOL D'AMOR

BATCHING SERVICES

THE TOILS OF MACRON

SWEDEN FAILED

Let's get vaccinated

WE OPEN THE SCHOOLS AND THE WINDOWS

UNITED CARRIAGE

THE USUAL SOLFA ON SARDINIA AND DISCOS

SACRED ARRESTS

JOURNALISMS

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THE COMMENT OF FEDERICO PUNZI OF ATLANTICO QUOTIDIANO:

Conte and Di Maio were unable to be photographed with the freed hostages, whom they could not even meet. They had the photo opportunity – an absolute novelty – with the head of the kidnappers, General Khalifa Haftar. We had never gotten so low yet.

It is as if Craxi, in addition to preventing the Americans from capturing Abu Abbas, the director of the hijacking of the ship Achille Lauro, had himself photographed with the Palestinian terrorist aboard the Sigonella runway.

It is superfluous to underline the political victory of Haftar, whose international weight had considerably reduced after the defeat of the Tripoli campaign. Many of his sponsors in recent months had also distanced themselves. Forcing Italian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to take photos, handshakes and a political interview ("the government continues to firmly support the stabilization process of Libya, this is what President Giuseppe Conte and I reiterated today in Haftar , during our interview in Benghazi ”, Di Maio declared), in order to get the hostages back, he obtained new recognition as an important actor, however not negligible, in the Libyan scenario. And he got it from those who dared to snub him three months ago.

As Mauro Indelicato recalled yesterday on InsideOver , in fact, the seizure of the Medinea and Antarctic fishing boats and their crews, on September 1st, took place just as our foreign minister was on his way back to Rome after a visit to Libya, before in Tripoli then in Cyrenaica. Where, however, he had decided not to meet General Haftar, who had recently retired from Tripolitania, but the President of the Parliament of Tobruk, Aguila Saleh, considered "the new man of Cyrenaica" after the adverse fate that had struck the general. However, an unacceptable "affront" for Haftar. In those hours the idea of ​​the kidnapping probably took shape, concluded with the "reparation" in terms of political recognition claimed, and yesterday obtained, by Rome.

A mistake not having met him in September? Maybe, but a choice that had its own logic and that had to be defended. Instead, we dropped our breeches. Nor is it certain that the political ransom was the only ransom paid to the general.

The counterpart could have been supplemented with money or with the release of some Libyan cutthroats from our prisons. In fact, Haftar's request to free five Libyans detained in our country after being convicted of human trafficking and the murder of 49 migrants was well known.

In any case, yet another capitulation that puts Italians who are abroad, for work or tourism, even more at risk.

The pathetic aspect of the story is that perhaps Conte and Di Maio have even thought of a return of image, close to Christmas and in a particularly delicate moment for the government. But unlike the return of Silvia Romano, this time they took the photo with the head of the kidnappers, not with the kidnapped back in Italy.

But were there any alternatives to bring the 18 fishermen home safely? Certainly: we could free them by military force. We have one of the most powerful navies in the Mediterranean and elite corps of absolute excellence, but we don't use them. An operation a stone's throw away. We even knew where the hostages were held for all 108 days of captivity (in the Benghazi Port Administration building).

Perhaps the threat alone would suffice, a credible statement that the option would remain on the table and that anyone who kidnaps an Italian citizen becomes a legitimate military target. It is not just a question of the attributes of our political class, but of the lack of the slightest knowledge of national interest and dignity. Apparently, the highest aspiration of our rulers in foreign policy is the honors of the French Republic …

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/conte-libico-servizi-democratici-e-svezia-fallita/ on Fri, 18 Dec 2020 08:10:43 +0000.