1943: Italian dictator Mussolini quits (BBC) {Benito forced to step down}

[eppur_se_muova]

The Times diplomatic correspondent says: "Mussolini, who will be 60 on Thursday, has been ill in recent months, but his resignation is not covered with the easy pretence of ill-health.

"The people know plainly that he has resigned because he is a failure - a failed criminal."

In fact, previous reports from Italy suggested the Duce was on his way out. He made no rallying call when the Allies invaded Sicily and all appeals to the people were made in the name of Italy, not in the name of Fascism.
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In the week following Mussolini's resignation it became clear the Duce had been forced to resign and the old Fascist regime dismantled.

It is now known his former Fascist colleagues turned against Mussolini at a meeting of the Fascist Grand Council on 25 July, which allowed the King to dismiss him and then have him arrested.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/25/newsid_3600000/3600649.stm

A shame there's not an analogous way to remove Chimpolini. We don't have a Victor Emmanuel, and Chimpolini's Fascist/Neocon colleagues haven't turned him out of the Republican Party.

Yet.

[MadMaddie]

1. A key about Mussolini's demise is the people of Italy turned

against him....that is happening in America today...* is in deep trouble because the fear flag doesn't work anymore....and the more Gonzo, Cheney, Rove and * get up to talk about Fear the more the American people turn their backs on them....