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[apc2010]

No ,this is newspaper shit do you really think in this day and age countries would trade land ,you may live in the dark ages regards your views , but i do not see any government trading anything

[Oracle]

Oh look who got in to selling the family silver first:

http://www.privateislandsonline.com/scotland_info.htm

$65K for a Scottish island ...what a snip! I think I'll forgo a new car and go for one of those.

[apc2010]

Was it your husbands ??????????????

[Oracle]

Yes. He's selling it in the hope he could buy a better one in Greece ...

... perhaps a few pebbles at least.

[apc2010]

[quote="Oracle"]Yes. He's selling it in the hope he could buy a better one in Greece ...

... perhaps a few pebbles at least.[/quote
Abetter wife??????????????????

[Epiktitos]

The legacy of the German and Italian invasions live on to this day in Greece, both in the hearts and minds of Greeks, and in the backwardness of Greece relative those more industrialised countries who for no good reason attacked and virtually destroyed not just a defenseless country, but an innocent social fabric too.

The German* political establishment knows well that the meager wealth transfers received by Greece through EU mechanisms are the minimum price to be paid to keep Greece pliant and not bellicose. The dislocation and trauma of second world war, which Greece neither sought, nor could possibly have hoped to benefit from, created the circumstances for the uncontrollable political forces within Greece ever since, forces easily exploited by outsiders for their own benefit, and to such detriment to the Greeks. It took the stupidity of the junta to lay bare the absurdity of the NATO alliance for the west Germans who in their extreme vulnerability on the northern plains of Europe realised that it had gone too far, and that Greece had to be brought back into the fold - for their own sake, and not for Greece's. It still took another big scare - Andreas Pappandreou, who showed them that Greece could easily be a Cuba in the Med. - for them to really cotton on that a lot more hinged on Greece than they supposed, and that's when the bribes really started flowing.

So don't be confused about the rantings of a few populist German politicians and a tabloid rag. The Germans know on which side their bread is buttered.

As for that photo, a picture really does tell a thousand words. There is not a Greek alive who has not seen it, and is not filled with revulsion at it. "Den xehnw" is not a sentiment invented for propaganda since 1974...the image of that vile flag flying above those ancient ruins are one of the many reasons that there is a sliver of insolence within Greeks for foreign might, and for foreigners in general. Despite the outcome, they weren't scared of the Germans or of the Italians in the 1940's, and they sure as hell are not scared today.

* Ditto for the Italians, who knew that there was no alternative to finally ceding the Dodecanese

[Oracle]

Yes. He's selling it in the hope he could buy a better one in Greece ...

... perhaps a few pebbles at least.

Abetter wife?????????????????

Maybe you need to pay to buy your wives, but you wouldn't get a Scot to part with money for a woman.

.... because they don't have to!

[apc2010]

Yes. He's selling it in the hope he could buy a better one in Greece ...

... perhaps a few pebbles at least.

Abetter wife?????????????????

Maybe you need to pay to buy your wives, but you wouldn't get a Scot to part with money for a woman.

.... because they don't have to!

you dont get a scot to part with money FULL STOP...

[Oracle]

That's just British press trying to stir up hatred for both Germany (WWIII invasion by economics) and for much-envied Greece.

Really Talisker. You should know better!

So - tell me - is the EU a 'union' or a club in which the rich engineer 'opportunistic acquisition' from the weak?

No, it shouldn't be. As a civilised construct, it should lead the way to fairer use of economic strengths.

Merkel should sack this short termist minister, Wanderwitz, and silence the other idiot, Schaeffler, for betraying modern Germany's ideals for European cohesion, and donating fuel to those who seek to destroy the EU (USA & UK).

If they want a piece of historically significant Greece to add to their portfolios, they should help themselves to Constantinople and Asia Minor ... with my blessing!

[denizaksulu]

Fuck off, all of you!

always nice to hear

About as nice to hear as everyone crowing, encouraging the Germans to finish off what they started in WWII ... to take the most precious jewel of Europe. My mother fucking fought the Germans during her young years to free Greece. And then fought the dark Imperialist forces for two years in a bloody civil war to keep Greece intact. And now you think some engineered "moments of weakness" will give anyone rights to tear it to bits?

Shame on you ALL!

Oracle, methinks you need Germany for your purposes to keep Turkey outside the EU. Be nice to them