Hellenic Crisis

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword, the other by debt.

- John Adams, 1735-1826

Υπάρχουν δύο τρόποι με τους οποίους να κατακτηθεί και να υποδουλωθεί ένα έθνος. Ο ένας είναι με το ξίφος, ο δε άλλος με το χρέος.

- Ο Τσόν Άνταμς, 1735-1826

80 years ago, Greek professor Andreas Adreadis wrote: The story of public finance of modern Greek State is largely the story of its public debt. - Greek newspaper, TA NEA

Πριν από 80 χρόνια ο καθηγητής Ανδρέας Ανδρεάδης έγραφε: «Η ιστορία της δημοσίων οικονομικών του νεώτερου ελληνικού κράτους είναι εν πολλοίς η ιστορία του δημόσιου χρέους του».

- ΤΑ ΝΕΑ

Chapter 1

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A REVIEW OF TODAY’S GREEK CRISIS

Greece…

…the cradle and foundation of Western civilization...

Who gave everything to the Western world...

    Mathematics (Pythagorean theorem)...

    Science…

    Democracy…

    Many inventions like...

    Central heating

    The crane

    Plumbing

    Analog computers

    The bathroom!

    Maps

Greece had great periods of glory and power…

Classical Greece

    The Persian War battles at Marathon, Thermopylae,

    Salamis, and Plataea

    At Thermopylae the Spartans showed their true glory, power and

    guts!…MOLON LABE (COME AND TAKE IT!)…

The Hellenistic Age

Alexander the Great

    The great Greek commander claimed by God to pass on the Greek

    language and Greek culture to India in fact prepared the coming of

    the Savior Christ. Cultivated and plowed the ground with seed that

    Greek was known as the basis for spreading the Gospel of God's only           

    begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ!

THE GREEK REVOLUTION OF 1821 WHICH WAS THE GREEKS’ DELIVERANCE FROM THE TURKISH OTTOMAN EMPIRE...

The GREEKS are a...are THE...chosen people of God...

THEY are a special people...

THEY have done a lot for the development of the Western world....

But most importantly ....WE ARE THE LIGHt OF THE WORLD…

So is it any wonder that there are powerful forces in the world today that

are apparently attempting...TO DESTROY US?…

We shall first cover historical events in Greece’s past that seem to clearly

indicate that even hundreds of years of ago during their powerful and

glorious Byzantine Empire, Greece’s power, glory and wealth was being

targeted by dark, sinister forces who have as an aim...world domination.

I suspect, even attempting to demonstrate this in this book, that the forces

working against Greece from the 1300’s...are THE SAME ones TODAY

imposing upon it a plan to control it’s bailout, control its national

wealth...AND...CONTROL ITS DESTINY...

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What’s Greece going through these days?…

$400 billion in Greek debt? REALLY?…

What is the Troika and what are they doing in Greece?…

Who let’em into Greece in the first place?!…

Is this Memorandum deal with the European Union’s TROIKA legal according to both Greek and international law?…

WHAT law was this deal with the TROIKA done under and does it benefit the Greek people?…

Should Greece go back to the Drachma and if so, why?…

What should should the Greek people do to respond to what is happening in their country?…

Is this economic crisis due to a bunch of lazy, tax-evading Greeks?…

It’s alleged that this whole crisis in Greece is due to corrupt politicians colluding with predatory foreign banks. So what’s the real cause of this whole mess?…

Is the government of Greece RIGHT NOW doing what’s best for the Greek

people and their future?…

Did they do what was best for Greece?...for the Greeks, their families, society and future?…

How has this economic crisis affected the every day Greek?…

What is the Loan Agreement and Memorandum that Greece has signed with the Troika?…

What is the IMF and how has the Greek government co-operated

with them to bail-out Greece?…

Is the Greek government still trustworthy after what Greece has and IS,

still, going through?…

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Greek news reporter, Terence Quick, from CONTRA NEWS, in Athens, Greece, summed up this whole Greek crisis in 2012 with a sad video report from downtown Athens on Panepistimiou (Πανεπιστημίου) St. where he reported the following:

Look at this video which I shot exactly next to the Bank of Greece…we have two homeless Greeks sleeping here. It’s 10:30 AM. Do you all remember a slogan ‘Experience your adventurous tale in Greece’? Now it’s become ‘Experience Greece...in a myth.’ You’ll see this slogan written on the wall above the second homeless person who is sleeping here. ‘Experience Greece in a myth.’ Yes, ladies and gentlemen, THIS is the condition in the heart of Athens. It’s 10:30 AM on Panepistimiou Blvd today. LOOK AT THIS, Mr. Prime Minister, Papademos...LOOK AT THIS, President of New Democracy, Mr. Samaras...LOOK!, former Prime Minister of Greece, George Papandreou...LOOK AT THIS, all of you government officials who voted in favor of the Memorandum bailout program!

(That above scene was right next to the Bank of Greece, the same one that has played a huge role in Greece’s Memorandum bailout program which has caused unbelievable damage to the Greek economy and Greek people the past five years…THAT scene just says it all.)

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The objective of this book is clear and simple:

A SIMPLE AND ELUCIDATORY LOOK AT THE GREEK ECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL AND NATIONAL CRISIS OF TODAY WITH CLEAR, PORTENDING PROPHETIC WARNINGS OF THIS DATING BACK HUNDREDS OF YEARS DURING THE GLORIOUS GREEK BYZANTINE EMPIRE.

Before we get deep into all the particulars of this apparent age-long Greek crisis as I indicated above, let us first go over how and why the nation of Greece today is in the predicament it is. This is introduction that I am about to use in order to preface, in effect, my message here is very important for the reader of this book to first grasp because then he or she will be able to see the...BIGGER PICTURE later on down the road.

However, let it first be noted that as one reads this book I want him or her to understand that this overall crisis in Greece is much more extensive and deep than one thinks. This crisis doesn’t just have to do with the Greek state having supposed major financial problems the past 5 years or so, but takes on dimensions and aspects in every aspect of Greek society that date back to the very founding of the modern Greek state from the Greek Revolution of 1821 up until today. Therefore, I shall be noting and specifying exactly what I mean within every chapter of this book through a system of highlighted and hashtagged (#) words, titles and concepts in hopes of further extending the reader’s interest on all the topics that I touch on.

Here’s what I mean…

As you as the reader go through this book, you will see me mention various sub-Greek crisis issues that relate to the bigger picture of the overall Greek crisis. For example, when you see me mention issues like the 1974 Turkish Invasion of Cyprus, I will, in addition to this, be listing certain key hashtags related to this topic within the body of the text (order not important) so that the reader can do his or her own research on the subject. See below my simple example:

    1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus

        - #Greek-Cypriot-Turkish issue

        - #Cyprus Disute or Cyprus issue

        - #Henry Kissinger_Cyprus

        - #The Cyprus Question

Also, please note that as I speak of this overall Greek crisis, I will also be mentioning how this crisis, indeed, takes on many different aspects in different sectors of Greek society. This crisis is not just financial in nature but spills over into the social, religious, cultural and political sectors. Therefore, just like the hashtags I mention above, I shall also be noting for the readers a system of sub-Greek crises within the body of the text of this book as an indication of what I am talking about here. I will also be noting the implications of these sub-Greek crises and how they affect and/or tie in with the rest of the Greek state and its modern history.

For example, see below:

[Sub-Greek crisis: The 1973 Athens Polytechnic incident]

Now when I think of the Greek crisis my mind, in sort of a chronological, devil advocate’s/conspiratorial sort of manner, kind of goes like this:

{GREEK GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION = ... CORRUPT FOREIGN

BANKING/CORPORATE INTERESTS IN GREECE = ...BIG FAT GREEK DEBT = ...GREEK BAILOUT BY THE TROIKA = ...GREEK AUSTERITY = ...GREEK RAGE = ... A CONSPIRACY AGAINST...THE GREEK PEOPLE???...}

Yes, I confess that I am, indeed, one of those... CONSPIRACY THEORISTS! I like calling it REAL Investigating Journalism because that’s what a REAL journalist does: HE INVESTIGATES ALL THE FACTS OF A CASE OR STORY. What the heck it wrong with that?! WHY, in the 21st Century, has it become a crime for anyone, whether a politician, journalist, author or just an everyday person, to question things, to think for themselves and to to trust NO ONE until they have the full facts about what they are researching or investigating?!

I don’t know about you or the country you may live in, but, as for me, I’m an AMERICAN and I live in a free society where I can freely live and express myself with all my Constitutional right’s ESPECIALLY my Second Amendment rights! I say this with a bit of sarcasm because here in the States, WE THE PEOPLE is really not what we think it is, but that’s not really the scope of this book; I cover this actually in my other book, YOUR ACADEMIC GUIDE TO THE GREEK LANGUAGE, CULTURE & CIVILIZATION published in 2014. Here we are talking specifically about the Greeks, their present crisis, how it all started and, unbeknownst to most, its age-long existence.

There’s one problem with America today as well as other Westernized nations–like Greece!–who do business with America (i.e. under UCC, and I’m not even exaggerating here) and this problem reflects what I point out above:

THEY ALL OPERATE TODAY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO THINK, ACT, TALK AND VOTE ACCORDING TO SOME PRE-DESIGNED FORMAT THAT OUR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS GIVE US HAVING AS THEIR BASIS...AND HERE’S THE KICKER HERE...SOME CATALYTIC, SOLIDIFYING, NATIONAL EVENT THAT AFFECTS US ALL BOTH AS INDIVIDUALS AND A NATION.

Let me give you an example of this: 9/11. When those terrible terrorists attacks occurred on September 11th 2001, what happened? Do we remember? The WHOLE NATION was...SOLIDIFIED, was it not? We here in America remember all those little American flags waving outside of peoples cars as they drove down American roads and highways showing just how much they loved and supported their country in the face of this new, supposed terrorist threat upon American and the Western world at large. Well that all lasted about 1-2 months on the part of us Americans and then we forgot about all of it and when about our daily lives again as if nothing happened.

But something remained, though, latently imbedded in our consciences from 9/11 that at the time of 9/11 evoked, and still evokes from time to time, this sense of national pride for country and has to do with the following:

EVERY TIME SOME MAJOR DISASTER TAKES PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY (I.E. WORLD WAR 1 & 2), INSTEAD OF US FULLY INVESTIGATING WHAT TOOK PLACE (WHICH IS REALLY THE MOST PATRIOTIC THING ANYONE COULD DO FOR THEIR COUNTRY), WE ALL DEVELOP THIS HERD MENTALITY WHERE WE FIND THE LEADER OF THE PACK (I.E. THE PRESIDENT OF THE US) AND LOOK TO HIM FOR ANSWERS BECAUSE THIS AND ONLY THIS IS THE MOST PATRIOTIC THING ANYONE COULD DO FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

However, unlike American citizens, the US government didn’t forget about 9/11. In fact, still today, Americans as well as other peoples of other nations in the West, are still constantly REMINDED of 9/11 by the government and the press particularly in relation to all these OTHER new and on-going... terrorist attacks. The US government itself has even gone as far as labeling people who QUESTION the official story of 9/11 as terrorists! Now why is that? Why do you as the reader think this is true?

My issue here is if the above, pre-prescribed behavior for a real patriot is what I just described–and let’s not fool ourselves here because we all know that it is!–then we are ALL IN DEEP TROUBLE! Why? Well, just open up your mind and look at the FACTS! What our governments tell us about all these major events is usually 99.9% of the time FALSE and when called on their inaccuracies by either the press, the Congress or just every day citizens, they freak out citing unpatriotic behavior and views.

Polls conducted today in America on American citizens' views of the US government increasingly show how the American people are becoming mistrustful of their government over a variety of issues. More and more people out there are questioning the official stories of 9/11, the Vietnam War, the World Wars and more. Also, many Americans and Europeans have been up in arms about the the recent financial fall out from 2008 because, on the part of America and the US Congress and the European Union, no real investigation or reporting has been done!

In fact, and here is where I now fully segue into the Greek crisis, nations around the world–like GREECE!–have been entering into economic crises with no real end in site!...

It truly amazes me how so many people out there in the Western world have this general, overarching opinion about the Greeks, their present economic crisis and their way of life, an opinion that sort of goes like this when expressed and, most of the time, impetuously without ever looking at the facts about what the Greeks have been going through for the past 5+ years:

WELL THOSE LAZY GREEKS DESERVE WHAT THEY GET!...THEY DON’T PAY THEIR TAXES!...THEY LIKE TO RETIRE AT THE AGE OF 40!...THEY SIT AROUND COFFEE SHOPS ALL DAY AND DRINK COFFEE AND TALK NONSENSE!...THEY ARE A BUNCH OF SOCIALISTS!...THEY NEED TO ALL GET JOBS!...ETC., ETC.

When I discuss the Greek crisis with either friends, strangers, on Greek TV where I appear, at a local coffee shop or anywhere else, 9 times out of 10 I get the same response, a response like the one I lay out above. Why is that? Well, I have a clear answer for this:

THEY BELIEVE WHAT THEY HEAR ON TV AND READ IN INSTITUTIONALIZED PUBLICATIONS.

Gee...this kind of sounds like what I described earlier, doesn’t it? I’m talking about that HERD MENTALITY where EVERYONE is supposed to believe, more or less, the SAME THING or the SAME OFFICIAL STORY. Well I have news for these kind of people: the official story ALWAYS has HOLES in it. Let me explain.

In the case of 9/11, what the mainstream media and government have not told the American people is that, following the conclusion of the official 9/11 commission over ten years ago, seven (7) out of the original ten (10) 9/11 commissioners came out to the press and stated that the whole 9/11 Commission report was a COVER UP and a FRUAD. Yet, if a healthy thinking patriot like me dares to bring this up during an intellectual conversation at Starbucks, I’m immediately labeled a cook, etc.

With regards to the Greek crisis, though, I have been writing about and warning both fellow Americans and Greeks about the fraud being perpetrated against the Greek people and, unfortunately, VERY FEW people have the guts to both listen to and accept what I say.

Read over again what I wrote above in summary of what is going on in Greece and I will be using this as a chapter guide (order not important) for subsequent chapters within this book:

{GREEK GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION = ... CORRUPT FOREIGN

BANKING/CORPORATE INTERESTS IN GREECE = ...BIG FAT GREEK DEBT = ...GREEK BAILOUT BY THE TROIKA = ...GREEK AUSTERITY = ...GREEK RAGE = ... A CONSPIRACY AGAINST...THE GREEK PEOPLE???...}

Now tell me if this line of thinking is erroneous, flawed, ignorant or just plain crazy. You can’t if you are one who actually reads up on what’s really going on in Greece. The international press for years now has been exposing this conspiracy. It’s has been all over the news! Where have all the intellectuals been? If they are sooo smart and quacks like me are sooo misinformed, deluded, nutty, etc. then why haven’t they been reading mainstream international news reporting on this? I thought these intellectuals read up on all the big news reports from all the top economic journals. What happened?

(Now, trust me, I will get into all the facts herein to support what I am saying here, but this introduction is really to help get you as the reader into the right frame of mind in order to accept the facts.)

The fact of the matter is is that critical thinking is supposed to be used as a tool for a free-thinking individuals who can arrive at a clear, unbiased and well-founded opinion about a matter. The mind of this individual should examine ALL angles of an issue by playing devils advocate, interrogate in his or her own mind every player in involved, find out WHO benefits and...FOLLOW THE MONEY. Oh, I forgot to ad one more thing: and trust NO ONE.

WHY should anyone one citizen of any country just blindly trust what their leaders say about national issues that affect the whole citizenry and the future of the nation? ARE WE CRAZY?! Both in America and the Western world be operate–at least I though we did!–by or under the RULE OF LAW; we have checks and balances; there is accountability in government on all levels and sectors and the list goes on. All these things are woven into the constitutions of Western nations and we as the peoples of these nations have both the right and the DUTY to check our government officials, ESPECIALLY when there is a major national issue affecting the both the livelihood and survival of the nation.

We are talking COMMON SENSE here. Yet we have these idiotic, parroting, status quo-worshipping pseudo-patriots (like how I mentioned above) that all they really care about is maintaining the status quo because it’s the status quo that feeds them. Oh they make sacrifices for their country alright; they sacrifice everything that is really true, brave, patriotic, constitutional and in line with what their forefathers would want for their nation: LIBERTY OR DEATH FOR THEIR NATION.

These are the types that are usually conservative, feed off of patriotism and patriotic movements and parrot what the government says because, ultimately, it’s the government, constitution and law and order that will save society from whatever crisis it’s going through. They pretend to make up that voter base in society that is really what is maintaing some semblance of a moral, decent and orderly society. However, in reality, THEY are the ULTIMATE TRAITORS because, deep down inside, they know the truth but are too scared, too smart and too hypocritical to admit it! This is a phenomena we see everywhere in Western society and it is precisely THIS that keeps a country in the dark, hampered and forever under the control of corporate-based fascist governments that ALL, in concert with each other, have ONE goal in mind which is A NEW WORLD ORDER and we shall see a clear example of this in this book with the globalist, elitist secret society the Bilderberg Group.

The Greek people in their situation are no different. In fact, their society is like a snapshot of what America’s is: a country with a myriad of issues like government