Part IV Leave the European Union, Addendum: On Greece, The Lads Doth Protest Too Much

“The lady[and lads] doth protest too much, methinks.” Act III, Scene II Shakespeare’s Hamlet

 

(Continue from Part IV Leave the European Union – “Out of Damnation, Greece” – “What Stinks about Varoufakis and the Whole Greek Mess?New Eastern Outlook, Jul 3, 2015; “A Soros «Trojan Horse» inside the New Greek Government?Strategic Culture Foundation, Jan 29, 2015)

Scenes from “The Dismemberment of Greece”

“Sorry, but there is no way you are leaving this room,” said President of the European Council Donald Tusk to Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, France’s President Francois Hollande et al. (“After Marathon in Brussels, Tsipras Faces Athens Sprint.” Ekathimerini, Jul 13, 2015).

Somehow after months culminating in 15 hours of ‘marathon’ negotiations, Merkel, Tsipras et al. came up with more of the same more crippling austerity ‘reforms’ than the ones the Greek people had rejected in the July 5th referendum (“Prime Minister Tsipras’ Bailout Reform Package: An Act of Treason against the Greek People.” Global Research, Jul 11, 2015).

On the heels of the “bailout” agreement on July 14, 2015– the third in five years – Reuters’ exclusively reports a “Secret” International Monetary Fund (IMF) document showing Greece needs debt relief far beyond the €86 billion “bailout” loans (“Exclusive: Greece needs debt relief far beyond EU plans – Secret IMF report.” Reuters). The “Secret IMF report” on the unsustainable Greece debt and bailouts was given to Tusk, Merkel, Tsipras et al. just hours after the unanimous agreement to “save” Greece from exiting the euro zone.

The IMF, European Central Bank, and European Commission, Merkel, Tsipras et al. must be in shock that the Secret IMF “debt sustainability analysis” (DSA) showed Greek debt and bailouts are unsustainable. The IMF must be more in shock that the IMF in 2010 knew its “country assistance strategy” (CAS) would collapse Greece’s economy (“A Humanitarian Tragedy Imposed on Greece.” BRICS Post, Jun 20, 2015). And the Secret IMF debt un-sustainability analysis must also shock…