Italy To Turn Tail

Thu, May 18, 2006 at 8:13:38 am PDT

Under new communist Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Italy will cut and run: Prodi vows to pull Italian troops out of Iraq. (Hat tip: Politics and Religion.)

Romano Prodi promised today to withdraw Italian troops from Iraq, saying that the allied invasion had been a grave mistake.

Signor Prodi was making his first speech as Italian Prime Minister to his country’s Senate, where tomorrow he faces a no confidence vote, a mere 48 hours after he was sworn in.

“We consider the war and occupation in Iraq a grave error that hasn’t solved but has complicated the problem of security,” he said. “Terrorism has found a new base, and new excuses for internal and external terrorist action.”