Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi Attacked
Did you hear about Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi being attacked by a man at a political rally yesterday? According to the NY Times, Berlusconi was signing autographs at the end of the rally when the attacker, a man with a “history of mental problems” smashed him in the face with a statuette. This left the 72-year-old Berlusconi with a fractured nose, bloody face, and two broken teeth.
This incident is just wrong. I don’t know what Berlusconi’s politics are, and I don’t care. No leader of a free country deserves to be viciously attacked like this. I was outraged when Bush had shoes thrown at him, and I’m outraged to hear about Berlusconi. WTF is wrong with people???