Random Country Opinions Day 23: Greece

[Landslide Lyndon]

Wow!
I must admit I never anticipated so much hostility towards Greece. We like to think ourselves as a small, inoffensive country, who takes perhaps a little too much pride in our historic past.

But objectively speaking, you are right on many aspects. Our political system sucks indeed. Our parties are a joke and we are the champions of corruption in EU. The people have become completely apathetic and dangerously self-involved.
And racism, religious intolerance and xenophobia have reared their ugly head some years now.

But I completely disagree with the view of some that we are somehow the bullies of the Balkans. We have tried time and again to be conciliatory towards FYROM, only to be rebuked and showered with outrageously nationalistic and History-defying rhetoric. Even the UN has admitted that.

As for Cyprus, it's a simple matter of demanding the enforcement of the UN Security Council Resolutions. And their demands in the Aegean are in direct violation of the international treaties between us, them and Italy (regarding Dodecanese).

And I think that our collaboration with Russia is one of the few good policies enacted by our current government. Especially considering how unpopular the United States had become during the Bush years.