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Berlusconi's forced downfall

I know: finally. James Fallows expresses some measure of mixed feelings:
I am as happy as the next person to see the well-deserved end to Silvio Berlusconi's reign in Italy. But I don't think many people can, or should, feel too happy about this second resignation of a democratically elected government (after Papandreou in Greece) because of pressure from bankers outside the country's borders.