Italy staying the course.
Showing considerably more balls than the U.N., I might add.
"No intimidation will budge us from our willingness to help that country rise up again and rebuild itself with self-government, security and freedom," Berlusconi told the Senate in an address broadcast nationwide.
The poor man is unaware that his nation doesn't even exist, since as we all know, "Europe" does not support our efforts in Iraq, having been redefined as France and Germany.