The view from the east is opposite to that of the west.

Italy is furious that the 2 marines who killed 2 Indian fishermen inside India's coastal waters in 2012 maybe charged with piracy. Even the European Union has warned India against the move. Italy has recalled its ambassador to India for ' consultations ' which is a diplomatic downgrade in relationships and India's ambassador in Rome was given an earful by the Foreign Ministry Secretary General, Michele Valensise. Italy claims immunity for the marines because, according to it, the incident happened in international waters. Does that mean that Italians can murder Indian citizens in international waters without any consequence? Only the US has the power to bestow immunity on its citizens after cold blooded murder as it did with Raymond Davies. Italians cannot understand why the case is dragging on when an Italian is President of the Congress and is running India. After all they released Amanda Knox on appeal and have sentenced her to 28.5 years in prison on re-appeal when they know she ain't ever coming back from the US of A.They are anxious because they know that the Congress is facing a rout in the coming elections and any other party maybe more robust in protecting Indian citizens. The Congress, on the other hand, is twisting and turning because they want to avoid a proper trial for the marines where they might be found guilty and sentenced to a long prison sentence and they cannot release the murderers either because that will be suicide at the elections. So they keep changing the charges, hoping the courts will rescue them by throwing the case out. The Italians should remember that hypocrites have no respect, that Berlusconi is going to get married again, Bettino Craxi died in Tunisia as a guest of Ben Ali, the mafia was born in Italy and ' fascismo ' is an Italian word. They should be evenhanded like the Americans who are probably more brutal with their own people inside the US. Police in Deming, New Mexico subjected an innocent man to rectal examinations and repeated enemas because they thought that he was clenching his buttocks. He is now suing the police. A 16 year old boy had his testicles ruptured by a female police officer in Philadelphia leaving him sterile forever. The boy has been charged with aggravated assault. They see us as third world, we see them as hostile baboons. A matter of points of view.