The US and Russia are now in a bidding war over who gives a bigger handout to Greece in return to its allegiance.
The Greeks are now openly whoring themselves out to the highest bidder.
Bidding War
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Opinions, art, debate
The US and Russia are now in a bidding war over who gives a bigger handout to Greece in return to its allegiance.
The Greeks are now openly whoring themselves out to the highest bidder.
Clarissa's Blog 
What are they bidding for, exactly? What does Greece have to offer?
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Historically speaking, Russia has always wanted to have a good warm water port via Black Sea, but that requires control of the Dardanelles (or at least allies with control). And every good empire wants control of the Mediterranean Sea (the Brits, the Romans, the Ottomans, Pax Americana etc.).
Greece is just one-half of that equation for them.
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All true. However, Russians would still fight to attract Greece even if it could bring no direct benefit to them. Right now, for instance, they are trying to lure leaders of small African countries to the WWII victory celebration in Moscow.
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It’s back to the Cold War stuff. Every new ally, no matter how weak and useless, confirms that one of the sides is better and more attractive.
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[points out that in the UK the phrase “giro technician” refers to someone trying to gain aid payments from various governments and organisations, and that you can possibly make some Greek food-related jokes from this minor titbit …] 🙂
GYROS? OH PLEASE SIR, I WANT SOME MORE
🙂
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