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no more banksters

(395 posts)
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:57 PM Jul 2015

The big mistake admitted by Alexis Tsipras

"I said that in case of a collision with the dominant forces in Europe, it should be done soon. We were dragged into a negotiation which was a continuous attrition of our flesh. Of course, it was not an easy decision to say 'I will not pay', but we had always the hope that the democratic values of Europe, the solidarity, etc., would give an exit. Mistakes were made, but I feel proud for this battle. All the figures can be improved, we have a very hard road ahead of continuous struggle in order to achieve as much as we can for the popular interests."

http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2015/07/the-big-mistake-admitted-by-alexis.html
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The big mistake admitted by Alexis Tsipras (Original Post) no more banksters Jul 2015 OP
Total Failure. BillZBubb Jul 2015 #1
The trouble was that Greece was going to be "made an example of" and they know they would be newthinking Jul 2015 #2

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
1. Total Failure.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 03:24 PM
Jul 2015

If he was naïve enough to think the Germans would do anything but demand their pound of flesh, he's a dummy. He failed Greece.

newthinking

(3,982 posts)
2. The trouble was that Greece was going to be "made an example of" and they know they would be
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:08 PM
Jul 2015

purposly undermined. So while it would have been difficult to break away and move to their own currency, it would have been almost impossible to do so with bankers manipulating everything to cause their failure.

Hopefully the plan is now to quietly prepare and more gradually break free.

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