Thursday
late night, 18 May 2017, the Greek Parliament voted to accept another
round of devastating troika (EC, IMF, ECB) conditions for an additional
debt package of close to 5 billion euros. All of the 153 delegates of
Alexis Tsipras’ Syriza-Anel coalition voted ‘en bloc’ for the suicide
package, all 128 opposition members against. Nineteen didn’t show up.
Perhaps they were too afraid to vote for the opposition. Just as a
reminder, PM Tsipras, a socialist, is leading Syriza, Greece’s prominent
left-wing party, that for reasons of majority decided to align with the
extreme right-wing party ‘Anel’ which currently holds a mere 10 seats
in Parliament.
And another reminder- Alexis Tsipras,
for the last two and a half years, since 26 January 2015, to be
precise, has been selling his soul (if he has one), and more
importantly, the country that trusted him, to the western crime
oligarchs, i.e. the IMF, the European Commission, akin to the European
(non-) Union and the Goldman Sachs-run European Central Bank – and
Germany. James Petras calls him the Traitor of the year. This may be an understatement.
This
new hateful and odious debt – Tsipras and his clan know that its fraud –
this new debt will pave the way for more ‘rescue’ packages (a
neoliberal term for legal robbery) that will help servicing (pay back)
the odious debt – meaning the illegally acquired and
imposed debt. Odious Debt, according to all international standards and
laws, is illegal debt and may be defaulted on, or canceled at any time
by the debtor nation.
This
new debt is supposed to alleviate the already monumental and monstrous
burden of debt, close to 200% of GDP. Repayment ever is impossible, even
by the words of the IMF. Not a penny of the new loan benefit the poor
and the destitute, those that have lost everything – those 30-plus
percent that are already under the poverty line, of which 1.5 million
live in extreme poverty, about 13% of the 11 million Greek population.
They stagnate along, many as beggars as a last resort, without jobs, no
income, no pensions – all gone, by the troikas criminal imposition of
debt and austerity.
The
new 5 billion-euro debt comes with even more austerity strings
attached, more cuts in pensions, salary reductions, of the remaining
meagre social services, privatization of what’s left of social capital
and infrastructure – in total cuts of about 4.9 billion euros until
2020. These cuts will further increase poverty, misery, famine, child
mortality diseases without cure, no medications, no hospitals,
desperation, the suicide rate – and the economy that collapsed by 25%
since 2011, will further shrink – beyond the point of no return.
How can anybody in his clear mind think or
pretend that this will help Greece out of its strangulation? – It is
sheer Suicide that you, Mr. Tsipras and your spineless fellow Members of
Parliament are driving your country to commit; slow and hurtful
hara-kiri. Not you, of course, Mr. Tsipras. You will be rubbing elbows
with the elite that destroys your country. Have you given your people a
rational justification, why they should continue to suffer? Why are you
still reluctant, even unwilling to talk about exiting this horrendously
corrupt construct, called the European Union with is fraudulent,
dollar-based and totally unsustainable currency, the euro?
You can take that decision any time. You
could have prepared for it – so transition would be smooth. And if you
haven’t, it’s never too late. Just give your people hope they can count
on. You could gain back your country’s pride and sovereignty – a country
and a people that is the symbol of western civilization in more ways
than one.
Why do you think you are so important, that
your staunch egocentricity is ranked higher than the well-being and the
recovery of the people who love their country and who have elected you,
believing in you? – Why do you betray your people, Mr. Tsipras?
Where is your love for your country, for
your countrymen who have given you a mandate to lead them out of their
predicament? Just think for a moment what love could do for them and for
your own Peace of Mind.
Are these dark forces behind the money
cartels threatening you? Your family? – If you don’t obey, you may be
‘wasted’, in the jargon of western secret services. It has happened
before and keeps happening. As a Statesman, step up and tell the world,
while saving Greece.
To the people of Greece – why do you accept
this humiliation, this betrayal, this usurpation of your resources,
robbery of your social capital – your beautiful country – destruction
and humiliation of your rich culture, philosophy, mathematics your
forefathers created and that have spread around the globe? – Why do you
allow this crime being perpetrated upon you – your children and
children’s children? –This colossal crime will put future generations in
peril
Step out from this straight-jacket of debt
and misery, default on your illegal debt, bring back your own currency,
the drachma, and start afresh as a new sovereign country. More than half
the world is in solidarity with you. Even in the west. Many countries
would like to support you, Greece. The diabolical western Brotherhood’s
fist in their neck prevents them from doing so. In the East, there is no
fear. They will stand by you. The East is the future. Be aware: The East Is The Future.
President, Mr. Xi Jinping’s massive “Economy for Peace”
ingenuity, the OBOR – One Belt One Road, now also called the Belt and
Road Initiative – BRI, is China’s response to the western world’s
economic collapse from greed and aggression. It’s the largest economic
platform in the world, encompassing already now more than a dozen
countries, more than half of the globe’s population and at least one
third of the world’s GDP. The BRI promotes economic development,
transportation, infrastructure, energy, education and research – in
dimensions unseen in the past.
The idea is to connect all nations and
people from Vladivostok to Lisbon and from Shanghai to Hamburg. All are
invited, not forced to join. Greece – open your minds, eyes and hearts
to OBOR / BRI and you will see a bright future, a quick recovery from
your current state of demise. Be courageous. Enough is enough!
Peter Koenig is an
economist and geopolitical analyst. He is also a former World Bank staff
and worked extensively around the world in the fields of environment
and water resources. He lectures at universities in the US, Europe and
South America. He writes regularly for Global Research, ICH, RT,
Sputnik, PressTV, The 4th Media (China), TeleSUR, The Vineyard of The
Saker Blog, and other internet sites. He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed – fiction based on facts and on 30 years of World Bank experience around the globe. He is also a co-author of The World Order and Revolution! – Essays from the Resistance.
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Copyright © Peter Koenig, Global Research, 2017
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