"I was against this measure (to bomb Libya)," Berlusconi said. "I had my hands tied by the vote of the parliament of my country. But I was against and I am against this intervention which will end in a way that no-one knows."However, observers note that Berlusconi only made this pronouncement after 111 days of non-stop bombing failed to kill Muammar Qaddafi, who refused to leave Tripoli, in spite of several direct hits on his abode. They note that Italy now realizes it will have to pay a great deal for any future oil supplies from Libya, upon which it depends..
Many of the alliance bombing missions over Libya take off from military airbases in Italy as it is the closest point of NATO to Libya, and the operational command is being carried out by Canadians from NATO's Italy headquarters. More here.
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