Wednesday 28 September 2011

Comment on EUROPE: Leadership!...What leadership?

Leadership.......Mmmmm?! Perhaps something the UK knows about both from the historical perspective of its lack-of and the weakness that then follows and perhaps also the perspective of the positive effect of strong leadership.......However Europe seems hopelessly lost for strong leadership with Germany again for historical reasons reluctant to take centre stage
(politically at least) and Europe is left wanting in their hour of need.








































George Papandreou ( below) - the grandson of the Prime minister 'Papandreou' who Churchill backed (at the great expense of other Eastern European countries who were to be left to the soviet sphere of influence-The "naughty" document etc) to save Greece from Soviet domination/influence after liberation (withdrawl) of German occupation forces in 1944 and the subsequent civil war /ELAS and EAM .British troops ( sizable numbers) fought in Athens in 1944 principally to prevent a communist takeover...churchill could already see Uncle Joe's intentions and sadly FDR's health was in serious decline.
This family of Papandreou's has presided over the Greek political scene for many generations and has to be the main reason of why Greece has been pulled backwards from any chance of social and financial transformation, political independence or any progress- always by one and another of the Papandreou family..........

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