Welcome to FR.
I’m guessing you don’t get too many comments on this thread.
Ah, it worked! I punctured the dreaded No “Post Reply” barrier!
Let Greece tilt towards Russia. Let Russia try to prop them up with their dwindling oil revenues.
Let Russian taxpayers (like Germans) work 48 weeks per year, so Greeks can work 38 weeks per year.
The Chinese and Russian governments are gonna subsidize the Greeks so they can live way better than the average Chinese or Russian citizen? Dream on...
If it is the later, hey, that's kinda entertaining. Wonder if there's a method for the EU to eject a member state? Or how long it'd take to pass such laws? If it is the former, then bully for Greece; someone attach those funds to pay off the debt before they spend it.
How’d you do that? Are you a Premium Member?
Putin: Angela, what are the Greeks good for?
Merkel: Well, Vlad, they have some nice vacation spots, but the service in the hotels really isn’t that great.
Putin: I see....
These people are so deranged, I’m guessing they might agree to host Chinese and Russian nukes or some crazy thing like that. Problem is that this will result in an EU economic embargo of Greece. End game? Greece becomes Zimbabwe with nice beaches.
Prediction:
Within 7 years the Rooskies will have a Naval base on the Greek coast.
SYRIZA can use their offices to sell NATO secrets to Russia and China, and take bribes for concessions in Greece, UN votes and such. But that is all money in their pockets, rather than floating their economy.
Russia and Greece can posture that they will split Greece off from Europe. Both can use it for leverage while negotiating with Europeans, but neither can really afford doing it in full.
It won’t solve Greece’s financial problems.
SYRIZA may well do the irrational thing, just out of ideology. They may do the same thing anyway, even if the Europeans pay their bills for them.
I am guessing that Europe will be relieved and Russia and China in a panic if Greece carries out it’s threat...
Thanks. And damn! I’d swear put something like “Of possible interest...” in the comment section. Sorry if replies take a while to get through. My comments and thread posts are moderated, presumably as a newbie.
Well, look at the bright side. This should scare the s@@@ out of Turkey and perhaps make the Turkish military come to its senses, stage a coup and get back in NATO’s good graces.
Laughable.
Very, very sly by Russia. Forcing a Grexit wreaks havoc in Europe, and Putin has Tsiparas wrapped around his finger (likely with threats to arm Golden Dawn if he doesn’t obey orders: remember what happened to the commies in the last civil war)
Touche Putin, touche
Beware of Greeks wanting gifts.
The people of Greece are being little bitches over the issue of their debt. I fear they are behaving like many of ours would if we withheld the dole from all the users in our country.
Greece didn’t want to elect anyone who said we had to budget and live within our means. Instead they got a socialist who like many theological Muslims pointed to someone else to blame for their financial ruin and the people liked being told there was no price to pay for their behavior.
Facing the ramifications of their political choices they want more on their terms or to turn much further to the dark side towards two countries that rule by tyranny.
“Greece’s radical new government has threatened to seek money from Russia and China”
You better do what we want or... we will seek money elsewhere. Damn clowns.