Why Italy shouldn't lead the U.N. mission in Lebanon.

An article that appeared on the New Republic on line on the 25th of August By Jeremy Kahn

here's an old joke that goes something like this: In heaven, the policemen are British, the mechanics are German, the lovers are French, the cooks are Italian, and everything is organized by the Swiss. In hell, the policemen are German, the cooks are British, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss and everything is organized by the Italians.
Well, in southern Lebanon, already not unlike hell--and where everything is organized by Hezbollah--it looks like the policemen may soon be Italian. Leggere l'articolo