Turkey, Greece and the USA
Greece has traditionally been somewhat more anti-American than France. Now that the Greeks are facing the reality of having Turkey in the EU, without passports or borders needed, and with only the elite (and hypothetical) EU rapid deployment force to protect them, the Americans don't seem quite so bad after all.
Victor Davis Hanson, vacationing in Greece, has the observation.
Labels: foreign affairs, Greeks, Hanson, Turkey
posted by Clemens @ 3:21 PM
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2 Comments:
Odd. I had read that the US' advocating Turkey's entry into the EU was driving quite a bit of Greek anti-Americanism. Hanson runs in more interesting circles than the people I've read (or heard on the radio).
Yeah. You have a point. But Hanson speaks Greek I assume, or enough ancient Greek to pick up some modern Greek, and seems to be a good observer. Though like a lot of highly intelligent people who are also highly opinionated, he tends to pick up what he wants to pick up.
Still, its and interesting formulation.
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