It is at least "unusual" that the political authority of the military trying to shift the opacity of the news on Afghanistan: Mauro Del Vecchio, former commander of the ISAF mission and now a senator of the Democratic Party, the Italian soldiers deserve more respect. General, you have heard the allegations of the defense minister to soldiers, according to him guilty of not informing him properly.What was your reaction? "I was very surprised: I read the releases in which the agency attributed to the Russian military the diversity of the reconstructions of what happened. I feel sincerely a very unusual". In what sense? "The political responsibility is always the defense minister: in my experience the military leaders refer to the political authority always very careful.
And this is even more true when you are faced with tragic events like the killing of 'alpine Matteo Miotto. There are standard procedures, detailed and verified for these reports. " When in command of the mission in Afghanistan, which had its points of reference to communicate? "Given command of a NATO mission, I refer to the chain of command of the Atlantic Alliance and to report to General Jones via Brussels.
But at the same time, such as Italian, referring also to my chief of staff. I was lucky during my command does not have suffered losses. But the day after the handover of two mountain were killed. "There were other dramatic incidents?" A few days after my assumption of command, fell a Spanish military helicopter and killed 17 soldiers.
On that occasion, I imparted the incident at the top NATO commander while the Spanish referred to the national chain of command. "But there, at least in theory, the possibility that something is being withheld by the military to the political authorities?" No. From the technical point of view, all items of information are communicated as they become available to the commands in the field.
If there are responsibilities, these are underlined. There are no immediate reports, which were succeeded by others more extensive. In short, the information flow is continuous. They are the commanders to take responsibility to report what happens. "After the death of the young mountain, there were conflicting versions.
The field commander spoke with Italian radio station by a bomb, then there was talk of a sniper, now an exchange of blows. What could have happened? "Maybe just some awkwardness of communication. When there was talk of a sniper, maybe it was intended in a fight, but has shown only once murderess.
But really I do not think it is appropriate to attribute lack of transparency in the military. "
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