Let’s imagine that tomorrow there Slovenia, gripped by chauvinistic fury, deployed troops on the border, with the intent of occupying Trieste. And she started bombing the plant Unity Square from Koper-Koperor the charming suburb of Stagger from the pass of Rabuiese, where the casino now stands. Let’s imagine that Slovenia itself instead aimed for the Ronchi dei Legionari airport, and launched intense bombings from there Nova Gorica. Actually no, the chosen target is the city of Udine, with its industrial fabric, and the artillery fire starts right from across the border, from the Slovenian Collio plateau.Brdaimmediately above Dolegna And Cividale del Friuliin a strategic position.
Austria
Let’s imagine that the nationalist madness was instead that of Austria. Let’s imagine that the chancellor Nehammerwith the vote of the Vienna parliament bent to his wishes, went on the attack on Italy with the pretext that our country does not respect the De Gasperi-Gruber agreement of 1946. Let us imagine that from the bases of Villach, Carinthia, where today, in times of peace, many people from Padua, Treviso and Venice go to experience the pleasures of the various spas with benefits with emblematic names, “Andiamo” and “Wellcum”, missiles and carpet bombings were launched on Tarvisio. Or that, determined to reconnect South Tyrol to the motherland, the Austrians themselves began the invasion by attacking Dobbiaco and San Candido, ski and summer walking resorts in the Pusteria Valley, from the locations around Lienz. Bring yourself to Silliantherefore still in Austrian territory, could strike Brunico. Or Pieve di Cadore. Or Curtain. At the same time, Austrian bombs rain down from Brenner Vipitenoon Fortress, on Bressanone. From the Resia Pass they come up Prato at Stelvio come on Merano.
The answer
Let’s imagine that, ready to respond to the fire of all these crazy nationalists to defend its independence, Italy would hear its allies reply that no, no provocations, the weapons it has at its disposal are only for defensive purposes: therefore they cannot attack in foreign territory. But what do the distances listed so far have in common? Which are within the radius (plus meter, minus meter) of sixteen kilometers. Make the effort to open Google Maps to find out that the outlying suburbs of Kharkiv, Ukraine, are sixteen kilometers from the Russian border. It’s not that difficult, come on. How do you repel an invasion of a city of a million people if you can’t strike more than ten miles away? So what was the point of all this frenzied outcry against the general secretary of NATO Stoltenbergwho called on the West to ease restrictions so that Ukraine can strike down those who attack its cities?
