Three dead as Greek strike grows violent (Eventually a strongman will have to quell this disorder)

CNN ^ | 05/05/2010 | CNN Wire Staff

[mainsail that]

It will never go that far now, NATO is in the North Balkan area and the Turks are watching the South. No country dares to start a war now, they will cease to exist.

[longtermmemmory]

could this be a central bank war?

Obama and the WH don’t seem to be able to figure out how underpants function.

[SeekAndFind]

the oil reserves of the agean.

Do they really have that much oil ?

[longtermmemmory]

They may not not USA massive quantities but it is known to be there. Turkey almost started a war by attempting to start a well with an oil exploration ship.

[Carley]

Either ignorance or hypocrisy to blame the banks for the current economic failure.

[agere_contra]

Good analogy.

In this scenario, Germany, France and Britain would be the three most economically productive states.

The PIGS states (Spain, Portugal etc) would be like a collapsing California twinned with Detroit and Chicago, and run by the NJ Teachers Union.

The British state would have one advantage over the others in this benighted political hodge-podge. Having their own currency backed by their own faith and credit they can devalue/revalue it to suit themselves. Whereas the Euro is a one-size-fits-all currency backed (in reality) only by the faith and credit of the increasingly annoyed Germans.

[eleni121]

financial, economic, and military ties with Iran,Russia,and China.

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Ties with the US and NATO have caused Greece nothing but grief and destruction for this loyal ally.

Iran means nothing — no matter how loudly the crass puppet nut job shouts-—that's for lamestream media consumption and the idjuts who lap it up.

AS for ties with Russia—— yes! China—less yes!

[meyer]

Judging from the violence in CA this past May DaY I would say you are incorrect. At least 18 businesses were damaged by the ‘mostly peaceful’ thugs on the streets.

No one did a thing about the thugs taking over the lobbies of two NYC banks.

Good point - perhaps I've misjudged the people in the big blue cities. I know that if they tried to get violent in, say, Chattanooga, TN or Kinnesaw, GA, there's be some shooting FROM the good guys. I guess the folks in New York and certain blue cities in CA have been sufficiently wussified that they won't protect their own.

[Lancey Howard]

I don’t understand Greek. What does “gimmegimmegimmegimmegimme” mean?

[Vaduz]

Off to work I owe I owe......

[apro]

"I hope the Germans have a better plan for how to deal with a little trouble in the Balkans this time. The last two times they headed down there to quell local violence got messy."

LOL! So true. :-)

[apro]

"What is the mood in Britain concerning bailing out Greece, Spain, etc?"

Britain is probably thanking their lucky stars they didn't join the EMU, a receipt for disaster. LOL!

[apro]

"Imagine the United States as a country with 50 different cultures and tongues and fifty different value system, each state not pledging allegiance to the flag of the United States. Each state with each own constitution and each state not required to abide by the constitution of the United States of America. That's the EU for you. Each country has its own way of running its economy, yet, they have all but ceded monetary policy to centralized bureaucrats sitting in Brussels."

You described the EU to the 'T', which is why it was destined to fail from the start.

[riri]

Imagine the United States as a country with 50 different cultures and tongues and fifty different value system, each state not pledging allegiance to the flag of the United States. Each state with each own constitution and each state not required to abide by the constitution of the United States of America.

And they all hate each other. Not even just country to country but region to region.