''Trying
to save Greece has become an exercise in the absurd. Greece is
near-enough bankrupt. Most Greeks know that. It can never repay its
debts, no matter how many deals with creditors are pulled out of a hat.
The
country is now run by a radical left party whose ministers have close
to zero executive experience. Their executive experience nonetheless
exceeds their diplomatic experience. This stands at less than zero — and
it shows. The party, Syriza, includes people who want to re-fight the
Greek Civil War (1946-49) in the belief the Communists will triumph this
time.
For
now, the party’s main enemies are international creditors and of course
the Germans, who want the Greeks to present a plan of some sort to
balance their books before doling out more cash — about $8 billion in
fact — as part of an enormous bailout program. The thing is, however,
that Syriza was elected precisely to say foreign-imposed austerity had
already done enough damage to Greece..''
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