To Silvia

(by John Blackeye) What was to be a successful operation and that is the release of the Italian girl kidnapped in Kenya in 2018, engaged in an NGO supporting the local population, is turning into a state problem that could end up overwhelming the President of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Ready to follow a script that in these cases becomes a must regardless of the color of the government in office, the two Italian politicians showed up at Ciampino airport to show that Italy is there and that after two years of intense research, the girl kidnapped by Islamic terrorists was brought home.

If the end justifies the means, the news is a bomb report and worthy of being brought as a boast on all the front pages of the newspapers but here it seems that we are talking about a huge sum paid as a ransom and therefore, it becomes difficult to digest eyes of public opinion that sees the number of unemployed every day due to the ongoing health emergency.

So what was supposed to be a triumphal entry and a success to be counted among those that could support the Government in this moment of troubled waters, is turning into a boomerang that is about to hit those who launched it. Also because the news after the news is that in addition to the huge amount paid as a ransom for the release of the aid worker, there is talk of a conversion to Islam of the Italian hostage who in the airport scene, expected by the two Italian top politicians, comes from the hatch of the plane covered up to the mouth and dressed like a real Islamic woman. Last night a university professor of Somali origin, hosted by Nicolo Porro on rete4, explained the meaning of that dress of that color: it is imposed by force and torture on all women by the terrorist group of al Shabab.

Moreover, the first question that arises is this: but how can one convert to Islam without reading the Koran in Italian? Silvia was the one who resolved all doubts and she told Ros investigators that she had asked her jailers for a copy in Italian.

But wanting to overlook these aspects of detail, the other bad news in this story is that Italy, perhaps, paid a ransom (the media spoke of about 4 million euros, a figure then weakly denied by our Services and the Government ) thus establishing a price list for all those Italians who carry out cooperation activities abroad, or who work for Italian companies.

Conte and Di Maio, perhaps a little embarrassed and however obstinate in pretending nothing, trying to transform an unexpected event into an event with a happy ending, have however released the ritual declarations, trying to give prestige to our nation that in the moments difficult proves to be present. But perhaps this attempt has been among the least successful in recent times, for the two Italian politicians, given that the news of the conversion and the huge amount paid for the ransom, make the event's popularity sink, transforming it into a real media spark.

Moreover, many have noticed that the liberated girl, under that green dress, had rounded shapes and often touched her belly. Will there be further twists in this all-Italian theater? We'll see.

A synthesis of its own has made it Paolo Liguori from the screens of the TGCOM24 where he did note to all Italians that the girl would not convert to Islam but to a dangerous group of Islamic terrorists who have repeatedly carried out heinous attacks.

https://www.facebook.com/tgcom24/videos/242303876990968/

 

What was supposed to be a normal consensus gathering is turning into something less manageable.

Certainly all Italians prayed to Heaven for this girl to return home safely. Everyone has children and they imagine what it means to know that their boyfriend or girlfriend is in the hands of terrorists. It is a catastrophic event which, if it manages to end with a happy ending, is truly a miracle. But this time it seems that the miracle is half done.

In the days that follow we will understand many things and perhaps we will have more elements to determine with certainty the outcomes of a story born badly and perhaps ended worse.

However, the sovereign state should establish certain and clear rules: those who go abroad for humanitarian purposes and do so on their own initiative and in regions of the world at high risk of terrorism, he must be aware that he does it under his own responsibility.

At least in this way you will avoid disbursements of public money which, in addition to disappointing the expectations of increasingly impoverished Italians, will unfortunately serve to foment international terrorist fringes.

What trouble dear politicians, what trouble.

To Silvia