Israel to be condemned in public and applauded in private

On the sidelines of the G-8 summit in Canada last Saturday, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had this to say about Iran: “Iran is not guaranteeing a peaceful production of nuclear power [so] the members of the G-8 are worried and believe absolutely that Israel will probably react pre-emptively.” There's actually more to it than that. The G-8, the G-20 and the whole world full of