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In reply to the discussion: Joseph Stiglitz to Greece’s Creditors: Abandon Austerity Or Face Global Fallout [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)96. No, I wasn't suggestng a war would take place between them again. But in their sphere of influence,
Yeah, I can see that happening and all of these nations have a long, long history of warfare, family and religious ties. I found this video with text showing how connected they are and can't help but be:
How The Ottoman Empire Lost The Province Of Greece
Published on Dec 28, 2013
(Posting the text, faster read than listening to the video):
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution (Greek: ???????ή ????ά?????, Elliniki Epanastasi; Ottoman: يونان عصياني Yunan İsyanı "Greek Uprising" , was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1832, with later assistance from Russia, the United Kingdom, France, and several other European powers against the Ottoman Empire, who were assisted by their vassals, the Eyalet of Egypt, and partly by the Beylik of Tunis.
Following the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Empire in 1453, most of Greece came under Ottoman rule. During this time, there were some revolt attempts by Greeks to gain independence from Ottoman control. In 1814, a secret organization called the Filiki Eteria was founded with the aim of liberating Greece. The Filiki Eteria planned to launch revolts in the Peloponnese, the Danubian Principalities, and in Constantinople and its surrounding areas. The first of these revolts began on 6 March 1821 in the Danubian Principalities, but was soon put down by the Ottomans. The events in the north urged the Greeks in the Peloponnese into action and on 17 March 1821, the Maniots declared war on the Ottomans. This declaration was the start of a "Spring" or revolutionary actions from other controlled states against the Ottoman Empire.
By the end of the month, the Peloponnese was in open revolt against the Turks and by October 1821, the Greeks under Theodoros Kolokotronis had captured Tripolitsa. The Peloponnesian revolt was quickly followed by revolts in Crete, Macedonia, and Central Greece, which would soon be suppressed. Meanwhile, the makeshift Greek navy was achieving success against the Ottoman navy in the Aegean Sea and prevented Ottoman reinforcements from arriving by sea.
Tensions soon developed among different Greek factions, leading to two consecutive civil wars. Meanwhile, the Ottoman Sultan negotiated with Mehmet Ali of Egypt, who agreed to send his son Ibrahim Pasha to Greece with an army to suppress the revolt in return for territorial gain. Ibrahim landed in the Peloponnese in February 1825 and had immediate success: by the end of 1825, most of the Peloponnese was under Egyptian control, and the city of Missolonghiput under siege by the Turks since April 1825fell in April 1826. Although Ibrahim was defeated in Mani, he had succeeded in suppressing most of the revolt in the Peloponnese and Athens had been retaken.
Following years of negotiation, three Great Powers, Russia, Britain and France, decided to intervene in the conflict and each nation sent a navy to Greece. Following news that combined Ottoman--Egyptian fleets were going to attack the Greek island of Hydra, the allied fleet intercepted the Ottoman--Egyptian fleet at Navarino. Following a week long standoff, a battle began which resulted in the destruction of the Ottoman--Egyptian fleet. With the help of a French expeditionary force, the Greeks drove the Turks out of the Peloponnese and proceeded to the captured part of Central Greece by 1828. As a result of years of negotiation, Greece was finally recognized as an independent nation in May 1832.
The Revolution is celebrated on 25 March by the modern Greek state, which is a national day.
The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the subsequent fall of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire marked the end of Byzantine sovereignty. After that, the Ottoman Empire ruled the Balkans and Anatolia, with some exceptions.i[] Orthodox Christians were granted some political rights under Ottoman rule, but they were considered inferior subjects. The majority of Greeks were called Rayah by the Turks, a name that referred to the large mass of non-Muslim subjects in the Ottoman ruling class.ii[]
Meanwhile, Greek intellectuals and humanists, who had migrated west before or during the Ottoman invasions, such as Demetrius Chalcocondyles and Leonardos Philaras, began to call for the liberation of their homeland.Demetrius Chalcondyles called on Venice and "all of the Latins" to aid the Greeks against "the abominable, monstrous, and impious barbarian Turks". However, Greece was to remain under Ottoman rule for several more centuries.
The Greek Revolution was not an isolated event; numerous failed attempts at regaining independence took place throughout the history of the Ottoman era. Throughout the 17th century there was great resistance to the Ottomans in the Morea and elsewhere, as evidenced by revolts led by Dionysius the Philosopher. After the Morean War, the Peloponnese came under Venetian rule for 30 years, and remained in turmoil from then on and throughout the 17th century, as the bands of klephts multiplied.
I'm not against the nations being described there who have a shared history superceding our interpretation. We tend to look at the world in a recent lens, but this is in their DNA.
IMO, the EU was attempt at an USA style solution between decentralized powers and a central one whose goal is to keep all the member states in the best condition for trade and social unity. Sometimes the differing views can't be reconciled, but it would be in everyone's best interest in the EU's way of thinking to stay together and get along.
No one in their right mind (let me rephrase that - with a sound mind) wants another war in that region which has enjoyed some stability and prosperity for its citizenry.
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Joseph Stiglitz to Greece’s Creditors: Abandon Austerity Or Face Global Fallout [View all]
IDemo
Jun 2015
OP
If 'private central banking' is failing, then so is capitalism, as the two are
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#26
EU is a group of capitalist bankers running the economies of all of Europe. Kind of like a small
jwirr
Jun 2015
#57
That's certainly what Breitbart, the National Review, and Bill O'Reilly believe
Nevernose
Jun 2015
#60
You call Stalin's purges and China's great famine capitalist propaganda in other threads
jeff47
Jun 2015
#93
Test for you: exactly how many died in 'Stalin's purges'? With source(s), please - nt
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#95
You're just spouting the same old tired anti-Soviet propaganda without
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#108
According to Alexander Solzhenitsyn it was between 1.6 million and 10 million
riderinthestorm
Jun 2015
#109
Capitalist propaganda? So it didn't happen, millions of people didn't die...
BeanMusical
Jun 2015
#122
"Get away with shirking its debts" - care to elaborate on what that phrase means? - nt
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#127
People are dying in Greece over this fraudulent and mistaken austerity plan.
riderinthestorm
Jun 2015
#17
I don't understand this idea that the greedy bankers want to lose all their money.
randome
Jun 2015
#59
greece is effectively insolvent. we have bankruptcy proceeding for this, not debtors' prisons.
unblock
Jun 2015
#32
Well, that seems to have some merit to it. Not that I understand economics much.
randome
Jun 2015
#35
"Loan" them money, not just give it to them. The U.S. made a profit on much of it, anyways.
randome
Jun 2015
#75
Tariffs were enough to fund a de minimis federal government in the 18th century
geek tragedy
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#49
You would not have to borrow if the banks belonged to the country and were NOT privatized.
fasttense
Jun 2015
#56
The austerity is already creating a depression of that magnitude so what now?
TheKentuckian
Jun 2015
#64
You stated it was a choice. I'm saying both choices seem to have the same results
TheKentuckian
Jun 2015
#89
Maybe it's because Germany was the benificiary of debt reduction and forgiveness themselves?
blackspade
Jun 2015
#69
Yes, so have the finance ministers of the Eurozone countries. Which is why they did the bailouts of
geek tragedy
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#101
Austerity was/is a stupid policy. Loaning a country more money (as a stimulus) to solve a problem of
pampango
Jun 2015
#38
Well I suppose liquidity needed to be injected into the crashed Greek economy
fasttense
Jun 2015
#42
With one side of their mouth the EU nations say tax your shipping corporations and with the other
fasttense
Jun 2015
#61
I think it's pretty clear that the Grexit is the only solution--no sense in staying in a failed
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#63
EU governments may see Grexit as a security issue, sending Greece into Russian or Turkish orbits.
freshwest
Jun 2015
#82
No, I wasn't suggestng a war would take place between them again. But in their sphere of influence,
freshwest
Jun 2015
#96