Italy denied U.S. military aircraft headed for the Middle East permission to land at its Sigonella air base in Sicily.

Italy denied U.S. military aircraft headed for the Middle East permission to land at its Sigonella air base in Sicily, according to local reports.

  • gukleszl4hs48ughgxhr5xgd@fedia.io
    123·
    2 days ago

    The decision was reportedly made by Italy’s defense minister Guido Crosetto, who was left stranded in the Middle East as the war kicked off. Crosetto said on March 1 that he was being evacuated from Dubai by military aircraft after he had traveled to the region for a family vacation.

    lol

    • bthest@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      13 hours ago

      That’s what you get for going to that place for vacation. But good call none the less.

      • limonfiesta@lemmy.worldEnglish
        39·
        2 days ago

        It’s the Italian bureaucracy, I think it’s safe to assume pettiness is the chief motivating factor here.

        I’ll take it, don’t get me wrong, but let’s not get it twisted.

        • RidderSport@feddit.orgEnglish
          6·
          1 day ago

          While it is a bit petty, I think it is mostly insulting to the italian defense minister. I mean you find yourself in a hot zone during vacation because your supposed ally couldn’t give less of a shit to inform you that it would start a war. So honestly, quite a reasonable crash out