As much as we all love watching the History Channel's endless documentaries of German troops marching through foreign capitols I doubt modern Germany has the stomach for conquest. Turkey, on the other hand, is Islamic, angry and agressive. They have come close to starting a few fights with the Greeks already.
Particularly over Cypress. There is a significant Muslim population in Greece. If Greece decides to expel the Muslims because of austerity, expect a flare up with Turkey. Also, Turkey has been rattling sabers over the Greeks and Israelis doing oil and gas exploration off Cypress. Turkey exports a lot of NG to Greece, and losing a customer will hurt their economy.
That’s right,and didn’t Greek commandos scuttle one of Turkey’s flotilla boats headed for Palestinian occupied Israel?
I was in Greece as a student in the 1970s during the coup. Turkey wasted no time going into Cypress to secure the remaining areas they wanted. The same will happen now, they will obtain the neighboring island etc at any hint of a military overthrow in Greece.
The whole country is on the take. You would think it would be a land of enormous wealth with all the tourism there.
I think too, the Olympics pushed them further into debt.
Thank God, Chicago didn’t get the Summer Olympics....