The tragedy of Afghanistan left to the mercy of the Taliban divides Italian politics, in tone and substance. Enrico Letta, leader of the Democratic Party, a party always aligned with Washington, for example throws it on the moral commitment to welcoming refugees: «Italy can and must give a lot. We launch a great National Mobilization to help those who stay and welcome those who flee. We support Afghan society, its evolution, women and men who do not want to go back to the Middle Ages. We are there. #Afghanistan », writes the secretary of the Democratic Party on Twitter. And Carlo Calenda, leader of Action, is quick to agree with him: “I agree with Enrico, we too will support this just mobilization,” writes the former minister and now candidate for mayor of Rome with an independent list. “While waiting for the government to give us adequate instructions, we are preparing at the local level. We are making contact with the NGOs operating in Milan and which, in some cases, have direct experience in Afghanistan. At the same time we are preparing with our social services to manage the reception of refugees who should be directed to the Milanese territory “, also positions the mayor of Milan (in the running for re-election) Beppe Sala, in a post on social media, intervenes on the crisis in Afghanistan after the takeover by the Taliban. “The Afghan question – observes the Milanese mayor – is of a historical dimension and complexity, and for this reason it can only be managed through coordination at an international level”.
Very severe is Senator Pierferdinando Casini, a personality that many analysts consider running for the Quirinale and who in any case can now afford a good level of autonomy from the Democratic Party in whose lists he was elected: “What is happening in Afghanistan is a global shame , especially for the West. And a slice of responsibility, certainly not pre-eminent, is ours too. We cannot pretend that this is not the case. What did we participate in this coalition for? For this epilogue? Certainly not “, he says in an interview with the Messenger, asking himself if” In the face of those dramatic videos coming from Kabul, does it still make sense to talk about the West? Afghanistan and this epilogue – says Casini – seem to me to have liquidated the very concept of the West, with all its values and systems. We are morally responsible for the images we see ».
He speaks with courage of “Western debacle under the eyes of all and which risks indelibly compromising the image of those values that we defend in our countries and in the world: the rule of law, freedom, protection of democracy, rights of women and minorities »also a note from the delegation of the 5 Star Movement to the European Parliament. “For this reason – explains the Movement founded by Beppe Grillo and led today by Giuseppe Conte – the European Union must finally act as a geopolitical actor, not escaping its responsibilities and assuming the leadership of the international community in protecting all those towns citizens and those Afghan citizens in search of asylum, in particular the most fragile subjects and those exposed to Taliban repression ». The 5 Stars therefore hope that «the President of the European Council Charles Michel will convene an extraordinary European Council as soon as possible to evaluate the adoption of humanitarian corridors. We cannot turn our backs on that part of the Afghan population fleeing civil war and Taliban oppression. The European Union must be united and cohesive in defending its principles and values ”. Rather critical of the US is also Gennaro Migliore of Italia Viva who bluntly defines the departure of the Allies from Kabul “an epochal defeat for the whole West, first of all in relation to the theory of the export of democracy, while the concrete threat that weighs on so many women and all those who believed in democracy determine a moral responsibility with respect to a hasty retreat which has its epicenter in the United States ”. Better says he is “convinced that the military occupation could not be stopped so abruptly”.
The coordinator of Forza Italia Antonio Tajani chooses a different narrative, posting the image of a crammed plane: «a photo – he writes on Twitter – that is traveling around the world. About 640 Afghans evacuated in extremis by the US Air Force. For 20 years we have given hope to these people, now we cannot leave them at the mercy of the violence of the Islamic state ”. The leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, who is concerned about the possible arrivals of refugees in Italy, starts from the story that led to the despair of the Afghans fleeing: “I don’t remember an escape so badly organized in the ways and times, it is returned to the murderers and cutthroats their country, I would like to understand who decided the ways and times of this defeat. If it comes to welcoming a few dozen people, that’s okay, but the flight from Afghanistan risks being a disaster and Italy cannot afford to welcome thousands of people, while there are countries that have done nothing in terms of reception, Italy cannot be the only reception center in Europe ». Not only. Salvini goes further and attacks the president of the United States with his head down. «Yesterday’s Biden speech was very bad and it is incredible that more days are lost and that ministers do not come to report immediately, but next week in Parliament. It seems right to me to welcome a few dozen people who have collaborated with our embassy to Italy, but that no one comes to talk to us about welcoming tens of thousands of Afghans ». The leader of the league said. “In Italy – continues Salvini in Messina – they have already welcomed 35 thousand illegal immigrants, the other European countries do theirs”.