Shooting exposes gulf of loathing (Sgrena story)

[bemildred]

Get a load of the Luttwak quote, these morans are everywhere.

The return to Italy of journalist Giuliana Sgrena from captivity in Iraq was meant to be another triumph for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi�s chequebook foreign policy - a timely boost for his ruling coalition as it faces regional elections in less than a month.

Instead, the killing of chief negotiator Nicola Calipari by American fire and the wounding of Sgrena have created deep public anger against the US, which will take all Berlusconi�s political skills to defuse.

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Edward Luttwak, an American military expert interviewed in La Repubblica newspaper, said Calipari�s death was "the sort of thing that happens all the time in a war", and he advised Italy to "take an aspirin and go to bed, you�ll feel better in the morning".

For many Italians the secret agent�s death exposed a gulf of mistrust and loathing. Italy knows the US and Britain deeply disapprove of its habit of paying large sums to secure the release of its nationals.

NZ Herald

[LisaM]

1. What an insensitive remark

"Edward Luttwak, an American military expert interviewed in La Repubblica newspaper, said Calipari's death was "the sort of thing that happens all the time in a war", and he advised Italy to "take an aspirin and go to bed, you'll feel better in the morning"."

This is unbelievable. Someone representing our country should not be saying things like this.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. I wonder if that fuckwit has the balls to say that face-to-face

to the agent's family.

[Briar]

7. Well, it's probably exactly what thugs like that do say. n/t

[regnaD kciN]

12. I'm only surprised...

...Luttwak didn't add "I don't see why everyone is getting so upset. I mean, it's only another dead wop."

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[AndyTiedye]

13. If You Shoot Your Allies All The Time In a War, You Lose

With military experts like this, who needs enemies?

[DBoon]

2. Is there any chance this will cost Berlusconi his office?

Any chance at all Italians will remove this scoundrel.

One can only hope.

[movonne]

6. bush has probably got their voting rigged too....or showed them how...

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. No, we do not kill in cold blood

one of the top people in an allied country's Intelligence Service every day. As a matter of fact, I am sure this is an unprecidented event.

The way these assholes are handling this, they are going to cause an international incidence. They are totally out of control.

[frictionlessO]

5. Fuck you Luttwak!! You traitorous unfeeling cold hearted fucker!!!!

You and your masters are the reason why 9/11 happened!! Idiots! Your are a sweaty pimple on the ass of our military.

If we keep finding the worst this country has to offer as spokes people for our military, then I think our military can only expect there to be colder and colder shoulders wherever they go outside of the US. Guys like this make us all targets.

No compassion for the victimized!!

[Tempest]

8. He just admitted the U.S. purposely kills journalists

At least that's the way I interpret it.

[NYC]

9. Military "expert", not military "spokesman".

I suspect the military will "disown" him if this comment gets around.

Edward Luttwak, an American military expert interviewed in La Repubblica newspaper, said Calipari�s death was "the sort of thing that happens all the time in a war", and he advised Italy to "take an aspirin and go to bed, you�ll feel better in the morning".

http://www.csis.org/experts/4luttwak.htm



Senior Fellow, Preventive Diplomacy, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

An internationally recognized authority, Edward Luttwak has served as a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, and the U.S. Department of State. He is a member of the National Security Study Group of the U.S. Department of Defense, and an associate of the Japan Finance Ministry's Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy.

[LibertyorDeath]

11. "expert" at being a complete fucking asshole.

[Coventina]

10. Luttwak is personally responsible for the next terrorist attack

It's asshats like him who are responsible for all the hatred toward Americans.

[xchrom]

14. luttwak a military expert? yeah, and i'm the

queen of england.

he is an expert at being stupid.

[Zerex71]

15. I wonder if Luttwak would just take an aspirin

after he'd been pumped full of 7.62 mm rounds, say, 400 or so of them?