From behind the Gravy curtain
It's about the rest of the world's stupid passport control thing as soon as you disembark, anywhere outside Africa.
Matter of comfort, yes ask Winnie about Italian hospitality! Was the going to make money, or spend it in Italy? Seeing that the Italians picked the richest man in the country and made him the leader, they thought the money will be better distributed.
Luckily we have our very own foreign correspondant here on the pprune,
Riccardo.....report please!
MF
Afterburner: Did the taxpayers also cough up for the unscheduled flight from the states to the middle east around September 2001? Why all this fuss then?