A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI, Umanita Nova #8-26 - A NATO Debate Under Siege. The War, Parliament, and the Silence on US Bases (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

On Wednesday, March 11, the Italian Parliament will once again debate 
the war escalating in the Middle East following the US and Israeli 
attack on Iran on February 28. However, as of this writing, a clear 
contradiction is already emerging from the resolutions presented to the 
Chamber: while the conflict risks spreading to the entire region, the 
Italian political debate continues to move within the confines of the 
Atlantic Alliance, carefully avoiding the issue of military bases in the 
region. In short, the resolutions presented by the parliamentary groups 
demonstrate the limitations of the Italian political debate: energy and 
security are discussed, but the issue of military bases and Italy's role 
in NATO's wars remains in the background.

Behind the calls for "de-escalation" and the need for a diplomatic 
solution, a common line emerges: confirming Italy's alignment with 
NATO's strategic framework, strengthening Europe's military presence, 
and, above all, managing the economic consequences of the conflict.

It's no coincidence that in parliamentary debate, the war often appears 
as a domestic issue: rising energy prices, the safety of Italian 
soldiers stationed in the area, and the protection of citizens working 
in the Gulf countries. The conflict itself-its legitimacy, the violation 
of international law, and the risk of a new regional war-remains in the 
background.

Only a few resolutions explicitly raise the issue of the attack on Iran 
and its international legal framework, even raising the question of the 
possible use of US military bases in Italy. This is a theme that runs 
throughout the history of the Republic and resurfaces punctually every 
time a new conflict directly or indirectly involves the Mediterranean.

This is precisely the most repressed point in Italian political debate. 
From the war in Yugoslavia to those in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, 
the bases of Aviano, Sigonella, and Camp Darby have represented 
essential junctures of US military deployment in the Mediterranean and 
the Middle East. This is a mechanism that often operates sheltered from 
real parliamentary scrutiny and with minimal public debate.

Should the crisis with Iran escalate further, this issue would 
inevitably return to center stage. But it is precisely here that the 
parliamentary debate risks revealing its most obvious flaw: discussing 
the war without truly questioning the system of alliances and military 
servitude that makes Italy an integral part of that system.

As long as Italy remains dotted with foreign bases and integrated into 
NATO's military apparatus, any parliamentary discussion of the war risks 
resembling an acknowledgment rather than a genuine political decision.

Totò Caggese

https://umanitanova.org/quando-la-cura-e-resistenza-ravenna-proibito-certificare-inidoneita-a-cpr/
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