Turns out both are references to a Churchill quote (which apparently has even older origins still) - https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Churchill-refer-to-Italy-as-t

Turns out both are references to a Churchill quote (which apparently has even older origins still) - https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Churchill-refer-to-Italy-as-the-soft-underbelly-of-the-axis https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Churchill-refer-to-Italy-as-th...