The characteristic pathologies of two dysfunctional states allow “Revolutionary Organization 17 November” to keep damaging U.S.-Greek relations 13 years after 17N’s collapse in July 2002. Ambassador Pearce’s press statement regarding the release of convicted 17N member Savvas Xiros (“a profoundly unfriendly act”) is the most vigorous public U.S. Embassy intervention in Greek politics since the Athens Olympics in 2004. So how concerned should Greeks be about the future of Greek-U.S. relations if Xiros indeed goes home wearing an ankle bracelet?
This is an unnecessary crisis, of course. The humanitarian issue of Xiros’s medical condition could have been handled within the existing …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
