Posted on 02/10/2015 1:33:52 PM PST by Enlightened1
Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said that if Greece failed to get a new debt agreement with the euro zone, it could always look elsewhere for help.
"What we want is a deal. But if there is no deal - hopefully (there will be) - and if we see that Germany remains rigid and wants to blow apart Europe, then we have the obligation to go to Plan B. Plan B is to get funding from another source," he told Greek television show that ran in to early Tuesday. "It could the United States at best, it could be Russia, it could be China or other countries," he said.
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There are $26 trillion floating in Euro-based derivatives. Perhaps that’s where the 26-T figure comes from.
‘To save the banks’ has a familiar ring. How many times in the past couple of hundred of years have those words impacted the lives of nations and individuals in the western hemisphere? My thinking is that such thoughts have actually led to revolutions and global wars. There is a root cause which just has to be acknowledged and cleared from the nations.
Greek version of Øcare?
It's worse than that. Add to that state and local government debt.
source: tradingeconomics.com
If Russia will act today then we’ll throw in Cuba as a bonus!
Bernie Sanders thinks WE should bail them out.
Expect a flood of immigrants from Europe?
White Europeans or Muslims? I doubt Obama would let in many whites.
Also, what does Russia have to offer Greece besides Rubles? What good is a Ruble?
Take a deep breath. Not likely. This is not the 1920s. I would expect an influx of capital however, which would be marginally good for us. WW III is not in the cards either. It takes two to make the fight.
Right. That amounts to ~$3T more.
“This would lead to the unthinkable: should Greece pivot to Russia it would permit Putin to build Russian bases on NATO soil!”
It’s called a POWER VACUUM. People here want us out of Europe...so Russia or China move in.
Happy now?
“Tomorrow Greece Decides: Europe... Or Russia”
Hopefully Russia.
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