A small plane has crashed into a government skyscraper in Italy. Well, I think it was probably terrorism, but apparently the pilot radioed that he was having problems just before the crash. I don't know what that's about, but think about this: the building houses government offices, and the Italian PM is the guy who, shortly after 9/11, claimed Western Civilization is simply superior to others. I'm not sure that's 100% true (see Japan), I think that's just another case of linking democracy with Western Civilization.

With any luck, if this does turn out to be terrorism, I hope it serves as a bit of a wakeup call to the other European governments. I'm not holding out much hope for that, though, they seem to have their heads buried very deeply in the sand. When the excrement impacts the rotating blades, I hope they'll be our allies, but I'm not too confident of that, either...