Paese che vai, giustizia che trovi

If you rape a working-class girl in her 30’s, who by chance enters your hotel room while you're naked, they put you in jail and you can forget to become president. If instead you invite unemployed barely-legal girls to your house, you offer them a flat, you spoil them with expensive gifts and lavish attendance fees then you can still be the prime minister.

Strauss-Kahn arrested by NYC Police.
The IMF (ex-)leader has been charged
with attempted rape and harassment.

The Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
appears as a smiling hero at the Milan
Court of Justice. He has to answer
for corruption and minor prostitution.

Is this the difference between an industrialized country such as the US and a developing country like Italy?  
Is this the difference between a leader who accepts the consequences of his acts and a "Big Man" who keeps on distorting reality?