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.
Italy denies US access to military base
https://www.newsweek.com/italy-denies-us-air-force-access-military-base-sicily-iran-war-11760915
63 Comments
gukleszl4hs48ughgxhr5xgd@fedia.io · 123 pts · 127d
lol
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 46 pts · 127d
Late stage self-awareness, is still self-awareness.
limonfiesta@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 127d
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.org · 8 pts · 126d
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
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 127d
That's a fair call out.
merdaverse@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 127d
It was pretty funny when that happened. We were hoping they'd keep him.
bold_atlas@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
That's what you get for going to that place for vacation. But good call none the less.
blindpuskas@piefed.world · 112 pts · 127d
It is good to see that Spain is not the only one taking part and making statements in Europe, regardless of the ruling ideology.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 13 pts · 127d
Maybe that ideology is declining already...
oce@jlai.lu · 12 pts · 127d
So did France, which is the top military in EU. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europe-pushes-back-us-military-operations-concerns-over-iran-war-mount-2026-03-31/
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 74 pts · 127d
True story: When France refused to let us fly through their airspace during the Iraq War, the Congressional Cafeteria changed the name of French Fries to Freedom Fries.
So I guess we'll be seeing Freedom Dressing on the Congressional Cafeteria salad bar.
jenesaisquoi@feddit.org · 46 pts · 127d
So childish. Without France, the USA would not exist.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 45 pts · 127d
Americans like to pretend that France owes us for WW2, but if the French Navy hadn't shown up at Yorktown, and blocked the British ships from evacuating their army (again), we'd all be speaking...English...well, you know what I mean.
We 100% owe the founding of our company to France.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 127d
don't you dare change that typo
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 127d
Let it ride!
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 126d
Kind of shame, under the current situation. The USA lost their chance to become Canada when the French decided to help.
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 127d
You say that like people in the US learnt history in schools...
Hupf@feddit.org · 7 pts · 126d
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 126d
The cool thing about not learning history is that you learn the present in real time in the worst way possible. Can't miss the lesson then!
Napster153@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
And, if you're lucky, you only have to learn it once and never again!
oce@jlai.lu · 13 pts · 127d
Remember the resurgence of jokes about France surrendering? Same background.
Btw, it was not only refusing to let them fly, but primarily refusing to join the war while the UK, Australia, Poland, Spain or Italy did join that time.
dubyakay@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 127d
Cesar Salad -> President Salad
Pizza -> American Pie
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 127d
technically Caesar salad is Mexican, it was invented in Tijuana
Denjin@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 126d
By famous television dog behaviourist Cesar Milan
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 126d
I cant stand the fish based salad dressing, but each their own.
swelter_spark@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 126d
I didn't know it had fish in it.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 125d
Its anchovies based IIRC. Hope i didnt just ruin something for you stranger.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 126d
I wonder how they're gonna call Italian sausage.
SabinStargem@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 126d
Trumpian Sausage. "Experience the taste of Trump with every bite!"
😱
Napster153@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d
Feel rich with every Epsteinian Sausage!
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 126d
This made me feel gross in a rather fundamental way. That's impressive given that it usually requires something along the lines of a pictures of like a degloved arm to achieve that.
ichwillhierraus@feddit.org · 2 pts · 125d
That was really a thing? It feels like the child that does not breath because he got upset.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 125d
Oh, yeah, totally true. Republicans are emotionally and maturely stunted humans, and are often mistaken for children.
iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 127d
AFAIK both Spain and France have completely denied access to their airspace for war related efforts. So flights departing from the UK after a refuel are going to have to do one hell of a detour to get to destination. And now, Italy denies bases use too.
fonix232@fedia.io · 32 pts · 127d
Wish Starmer had the balls to do the same...
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 127d
Germany needs to deny them access too, but that probably won't happen.
tempest@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 127d
Turns out it helps to at least have a coalition of the doesn't give a shit before you start a war you can't win 7000 miles away.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 127d
good job, Italy
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 30 pts · 127d
What the actual fuck? Why are literal fascists doing anti-imperialism again?
Damage@feddit.it · 43 pts · 127d
Because they've recently lost a huge referendum about changes to the Constitution, and every channel on TV is talking about government crises and how the right-wing coalition that's currently governing is falling apart, as the referendum vote was seen as a popular no-confidence vote on the current government.
People are pissed, we had huge protests last autumn about the situation in Gaza, in my city it was the biggest one I've ever been to, so this is a bit of a sensitive topic, an easy way to gain back some poll percentages.
Jay101@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 127d
But I bet people are more pissed about economic and social situation, because all these right and centrist refuse to make regulations and tax the billionaires while the workers pay for everything in the country.
Damage@feddit.it · 4 pts · 127d
Idk, the economic and social situations in Italy have always sucked, people are kinda used to "making do", we always joke about "italian solutions".
Melchior@feddit.org · 42 pts · 127d
The decision was made by Crosetto the Italian defense minsiter, who got stuck in Dubai, when the US and Israel attacked. He is also on the moderate wing and from a rich family. Italy is weird that way. As in some members of a party go out a Roman Salute around, while praising Mussolini, and then the next day other members of the party call themself anti fascists and would love a European federation.
reksas@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 127d
i wonder if that was the only reason for this decision or if they actually thought things through
Jhex@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 127d
Meloni just lost a very important public consultation about criminal law reform…
GuyIncognito@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 127d
Italy is often a weak link in an axis
clauandr@lemmy.sdf.org · 13 pts · 127d
It's just a formality, they didn't ask so the government uses it as cheap propaganda to gain consensus after the justice referendum debacle. Meanwhile from Aviano jets are regularly taking off.
akmur@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 127d
Yea think so too (I'm Italian)
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 1 pts · 125d
I don't think so, it was the defense minister who refused, he actually got in the crossfire with his family during the start of the war, i bet that he didn't liked that lmao
Exeous@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 127d
They ask permission in fly. Why no ask before leave?
Mangoholic@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 127d
Because their arrogance expected unconditional support.
LemmyBeYourself@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 127d
what could be the reason? I mean Meloni is the servile ally of Washington
Hiro8811@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 127d
She's Prime Minister not Queen, it's not her decision.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 127d
Americans minds blown by the thought of not one person having all the power to make any decision unilaterally
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 127d
She's a Fascist. She wants to be Queen.
Hiro8811@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 127d
Yeah but she isn't yet which means there's still some part of the system that works
Ooops@feddit.org · 11 pts · 127d
Ask her defense minister that was stranded in the middle East on family vacation and had to be evacuated by military plane, just because the US were to stupid to even inform their allies they would randomly start a war there...
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 127d
She doesn't want Sicily to attract long range missiles.
US doesn't give a fuck about making other countries targets.
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 126d
Bravo Italia! The MAGA fucknuts must be fuming. In other news, I heard the French stopped and will not allow arms shipments across their territory to the lunatics in Israel.
Jay101@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 127d
Chad Spain always ahead of time.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 127d
why would you help terrorists?
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 127d
Meloni is a fascist, so its surprising. Very pro Trump, anti immigrant etc
altphoto@lemmy.today · -9 pts · 127d
So Guido Crussaunt the prime monaster put his hand in the pot before orange pedo dumped boiling water into it? And croissant got the F out in a big hurry? So he knows first hand what's happening and how it feels.
Maybe thats the cure. "Thou shall not use military action unless you personally oversee the action". Pedo orders one tom Cruz missile, the next day he has to go see what it did. Maybe not a bad idea. Maybe he likes picking up body parts. Maybe he doesn't. But at least if he does and tells us its worth it, we'll know his words have meaning.