The marines' issue was miserably mishandled by the Italians Now we have heard about the resignation of Italy's Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi over the return of the two marines to India as assured to the Supreme Court of India. It seems Terzi was protesting against the return of the marines. No doubt, Terzi had a big role to play in the 'kidnapping' of the marines to Italy duping the sovereign nation of India. It all seems some people in India, maybe in the political sphere, maybe in the diplomatic or ex-diplomatic sphere, had given them false hopes. But the moment, the sovereign nation of Italy duped the sovereign nation of India and the Supreme Court of India, things had gone awry. The Italians were behaving like the mafiosi. The averrment that there is an agreement about not giving capital punishment to the marines is not tenable. Any law-abiding citizen in India knows that the marines' case would not come under the rarest of the rare cases. They would not get death sentence. The Italians should have shown perseverance and fought the case in India. On the political front, they could have drawn up an agreement with India allowing the marines to spend their time in Italy, if there is a small jail term for them. In sum, the marines' issue was a monumental mismanagement by the Italians.