Yes, it's a rhetorical question. Weisbrot has been arguing that this was the Troika objective for months.
"The radical left is then effectively destroyed in Europe for a generation." This I disagree with. Losing one strike, even a huge one, doesn't end the labor movement for a generation, and losing this battle - if it indeed is lost, the show's not over yet - won't be the end of the European left for a generation. In particular, the Greek left is a more fluid entity than a lot of people here seem to acknowledge. The Greek left existed before Syriza, and even if Syriza were to disappear, it would not be the end of the Greek left. Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898 x1 On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:11 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > Weisbrot asks: Are the European Authorities Trying to Get Rid of the Greek > Government? > > It is obviously a rhetorical question because it has been obvious from the > start that that was precisely what the EUrocrats have been trying to do. > > The question is: can they pull it off? The depressing answer now appears > to be: yes, they can! And very likely will very soon. > > It seems almost certain by now that the Greek voters will support the EU > austerity conditions this weekend. Although the Syriza government has > officially supported a 'no' vote, it does not seem like they have been > actively campaigning for it. In fact, it seems as though they are resigned > to a 'yes' vote. > > This whole referendum can be seen as an act of political martyrdom on the > part of Tsipras. He submits to defeat and disgrace, gets quickly replaced > by a more pliable leader. > > Once that has happened, then we can expect the EU to significantly ease up > on its austerity demands. > > Most commentators appear to have missed this last part, but it seems > essential to me - after all to make their victory complete, they must make > whoever replace Tsipras look successful, which the EUcrats can easily do by > throwing what in EU terms are small sums of money as "good doggie" treats > to the new Greek government. > > The radical left is then effectively destroyed in Europe for a generation. > > Depressing all around, but this seems like the most probable outcome from > here. > > Anyone care to disagree? > -raghu. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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