A week ago Monday I wrote in this entry, about the Sgrena/Calipari/Roadblock incident: The blow-back from this may very well include Italy stepping down from the coalition; ironically, just when it seems that a tipping point has been reached with successful elections, when the war is over and the mopping up and rebuilding is getting well underway. This morning, on NPR, Sylvia Poggoli was reporting on how internal political considerations were forcing Berlusconi to look for an exit strategy for Italian troops in Iraq.
Sometimes I almost scare myself with my own predictions…