Some British colonial officers mocked fascist Italian administrators who returned to Somalia.

Evidence

Another British officer reported, “I was amused by one of the heads of departments at Headquarters, who dined with me the other night, when he described himself as a ‘Fascist—without war crimes’ all in one word.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1240

Categorization

• CANDY: The self-description ‘Fascist—without war crimes’ is a striking, darkly comic one-liner.