On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening. |
Only I can turn this country around. |
Only Napoleon did more than I have done, but I am definitely taller. |
Only Napoleon did more than me. But I'm taller than him. |
Our determination is the same as those Italians in uniform who are honoring the coalition engaged in supporting Iraq on its road to democracy, |
Our troops in Iraq are not a force of occupation. They are a peacekeeping force operating under the aegis of the United Nations, |
Our way of life, our destiny, both as Europeans and Italians, is tied to that of the United States, |
Pain is at this time a feeling shared by the entire nation. But we also feel pride for the courage and humanity with which our troops ... have worked and still work to make the situation tolerable for children, women, the elderly and the weak who live in that martyred region. |
Rasmusen is not just a good colleague, he is also the best looking European prime minister. He looks so good that I'm even considering introducing him to my wife. |
Relations between Italy and the United States are strong,, ... strong commitment to the freedom of people in Afghanistan and Iraq. |
Saddam Hussein is not the only autocrat in the world to possess arms of mass destruction of a chemical, bacteriological or a radioactive type. He's not the only one to have worked actively on a nuclear program, but he is the only one to have used those weapons on a large scale over a long history of aggression, military aggression, attacking his neighbors and his own people. |
Spain and Poland did show openness, and we discussed with them some possible alternatives for change. They found the alternatives proposed valid. We proposed them to the other countries and the other countries found them not to be suitable. |
The absence of deliberateness doesn't indeed rule out blame, |
The accession of one of these countries to the UN Security Council runs the risk of embarrassing three or four other countries, |
The American government fears a change of government in Italy, |