2 October 2007

A letter from Pakistan

As a sign of solidarity, I’m publishing this letter from an Italian friend who, like many other Italians is working far away from home and who can no longer put up with the behaviour of Italian politicians.
“Dear Antonio Di Pietro,
I was lucky enough to get to know you personally when you traveled to Pakistan during NATO’s bombing of Afghanistan.
I have been working in Pakistan for about 10 years offering the possibility to Italian companies to work in this country. Myself and hundreds of Pakistanis admire your commitment, competence and courage, since you risked your life in order to find out the truth about what was really happening in the area.
Where were the other political leaders? In Rome in front of the TV cameras, telling a mass of imprecise stories.
Someone, just for propaganda reasons, did a “tour” in Afghanistan when the war was over. Great achievement!
The Italians who are working and who are productive, that is the honest ones, and there are a lot of them, need to understand that the time has come to send these swindlers home and we need to put our trust in people like yourself (unfortunately there are few people like you).
Like myself, there are hundreds of Italians working in Islamic countries whose lives are at risk every time sig. Calderoli opens his mouth to say idiotic things.
If Calderoli really believes what he is saying and if he has the courage, let him come to Pakistan to announce “Pig Day”.
There are more than 1500 Pakistanis working for me and each day I am meeting entrepreneurs, politicians, military personnel and ordinary people. They represent a reasonable cross section so I feel I can state that 99.99% of this Muslim country is made up of good people. They are non-violent and grateful to those who help them and respect them and you yourself know this so well.
I’m asking for your help in preventing sig. Calderoli from declaring other monstrosities.”
Warm greetings

Andrea De Rosa
General Manager
Master Group
Gujranwala-Pakistan

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Politics