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Friday, September 27, 2013

Greece: Time to Wake Up!

There is no reason to panic about Greece. Yet. But it is definitely time for concern and reflection. It is time to awaken and take measures. The announcement on the website of the reservists Greek Special Forces which calls for 'the immediate resignation of the government and cooperation between the people and the army' does not do honor to them, or the rest of us. It expresses an archaic concept, an ideological confusion that makes it dangerous. That Greece has reached such a point is stunning, shocking, embarrassing. That in the year 2013, in Greece - a Eurozone state for God?s sake - there are military reservists who wish to intervene in the political life of the country is unbelievable.

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