Fears of military coup as greece descends to anarchy (soldiers, Kerry, Obama)

[KUchief25]

This is the utopia called socialism at work. This is what many want to bring to the US. If our great leader is elected for four more yeas we may well end up where greece is by then. Only if the left gets their wish. King Obama.

FEARS of a military coup were mounting last night as Greece grappled with financial meltdown.


The crisis saw shares in London fall yesterday and the euro hit a three-week low as banks, including RBS and Barclays, were threatened with having their credit ratings downgraded.
Former Chancellor Lord Lamont warned that Greece was “the canary in the mine...a warning of dangers to come.” The appearance of several high-ranking army officers sitting next to Greek president Karolos Papoulias at a meeting on Wednesday, when he criticised Germany, fuelled speculation of a military takeover.
Mr Papoulias said ominously: “The politicians should take an example from our soldiers. They always stayed true to the native country.” It would not be the first time Greece has succumbed to military rule. A brutal junta led the country from 1967 to 1974.
Former German general Harald Kujat yesterday expressed his fears of a coup. And after the riots in Athens earlier this week, above, there were calls for tanks to be deployed to protect banks.


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[Mathguy]

While I know you like to foam at the mouth over Obama, I do find the rest of your post quite possible and interesting.

FWIW in 2004 I voted 3rd party protest because as a fiscal conservative I could not support Bush II nor Kerry for president. What did you do? (I'm a social liberal fyi before people descend with their small minded labels.)

I'm just saying that US spending and debt issues are not just Obama's baby, I just don't know if you will admit to that or if you are just one of the D vs. R people?

[Swingblade]

I think a military coup is in the cards because the people are rioting and starting fires to buildings who is going to stop them? The military and their bankster leader will be the ones and looks like things can escalate further because the gvt is talking about more cuts to the military and public sector employees. The Greek bankster will ensure the military not to worry about cuts to keep them on board of getting the people under control. That is the way I see it playing out.

[chickenfriedbananas]

Greece's problem is not inherently related to socialism - that's another misunderstanding for people who don't know what the f*ck they're talking about. I'll acknowledge my own limitations of knowledge from the outset and say that I don't know every single fact there is to know about the Eurozone economy, but the fact is that Greece's problem is not just the fact that it has a social economic support system, or pensions for their retirees. They're rioting right now because in a rush to join the Eurozone, Greek's economy got access to credit and buying power that really didn't make much sense economically speaking. Europe was foolish to take them in as quickly as they did and integrate them under one single currency and economy.

At this point, it's really a case of who gets to pay for these horrible errors in judgment. Do the French and Germans pay for encouraging the growth of their banking power, or do the individual smaller economies within Europe pay. Seems like it's the latter, and that's not sitting too well with Greece in particular. But either they accept the terms of their loan sharks or the entire European economy goes down in flames with them. Lovely choice, that.