Greece spending bailout money on weapons

[HappySqurriel]

naruball said:

HappySqurriel said:

naruball said:
Some of you have no idea what's going on. Greece is forced to buy those weapons. You think it's a coincidence that the country they're buying weapons from is the one lending them money? Germany and the Eurozone have complete control over Greece. Hell even the Prime Minister was forced to resign and they appointed someone else themselves. Democracy has pretty much collapsed in Greece.

Then again, it's easier to judge someone by reading one article than knowing most of the facts.

All the more reason why countries need to keep their financial house in order; after all, he who pays the piper calls the tune.

Greece screwed up big time for many years and it's mostly their fault that they are in such dept. However, by forcing them to buy new weapons, they make sure that they will always be in dept and thus certain countries can have complete control over them. 

Think of it this way. You commit a crime and you go to jail. You're told that if you wanna get out, you need to go steal again. By stealing, you commit yet another crime, so you're sentenced to more years in prison and have no chance of ever getting out.

How many countries haven't screwed up? Wasn't America in big trouble before getting huge loans from the Chinese? Should have they been told to clean up their mess themselves?

Buying weapons doesn't ensure that Greece will remain in debt ...

Much like going to a loan shark, seeking a bailout from a foreign country rather than accept the much more painful process of getting your financial house in order on your own puts you on very weak diplomatic terms with that country; and you're likely going to get exploited by them. The fact that Greeks were unwilling to accept years of pain from independent austerity means that they will face decades of servitude.

Unfortunately, I think the United States (and many other western nations) are on the same path.