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DetlefK

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22. I am judging the guy who fucked up critical negotiations with grandstanding.

Reply to GliderGuider (Reply #19)

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 08:22 AM

Jul 2015

That's what we are talking about and I don't have to be in his shoes to come to that conclusion.

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Varoufakis: On the Euro Summit’s Statement on Greece: First thoughts [View all] GliderGuider Jul 2015 OP

An unservicable, unpayable debt that the greek governments intentionally amassed! DetlefK Jul 2015 #1

So Greek workers deserve to die? nt GliderGuider Jul 2015 #2

OMG, that hyperbole is sooooooo cute. DetlefK Jul 2015 #6

Who is "Greece" in your view? GliderGuider Jul 2015 #8

And who created this problem in the very first place? DetlefK Jul 2015 #15

I don't know if I agree with you or not but to put in another context: Are we all guilty because jwirr Jul 2015 #26

That depends: Did you at least try to change something for the better? DetlefK Jul 2015 #28

I hear what you are saying but I fail to see how this does not also discribe us. We had a 2+ wars jwirr Jul 2015 #30

And things would have been much worse if they left the Euro. randome Jul 2015 #16

Things would have been much better if the troika had offered debt relief... GliderGuider Jul 2015 #21

And they may. Igel Jul 2015 #25

"Syriza does not want a new Greece..." Fighting corruption, tax evasion etc. is a Syriza priority. Ghost Dog Jul 2015 #31

This poseur omits his own role in this fiasco. geek tragedy Jul 2015 #3

At least he had some skin in the game. Did you? nt GliderGuider Jul 2015 #4

No, never been happier to be on this side geek tragedy Jul 2015 #5

So how much do you actually know about the situation? GliderGuider Jul 2015 #7

Is there a quiz? geek tragedy Jul 2015 #9

And you surrendered a great deal of your sovereignty by being a citizen of a country. DetlefK Jul 2015 #12

Waitwaitwait... DetlefK Jul 2015 #10

No, I'm suggesting that unless you've been in someone else's shoes GliderGuider Jul 2015 #11

Let's say, I'm a bloodthirsty dictator ruling a tiny country with an iron fist. DetlefK Jul 2015 #13

If you were saying that the people he was ruling over deserved what they were getting GliderGuider Jul 2015 #14

I am merely using your very argument to show how ridiculous it is. DetlefK Jul 2015 #18

You're judging the wrong people, in that case. nt GliderGuider Jul 2015 #19

I am judging the guy who fucked up critical negotiations with grandstanding. DetlefK Jul 2015 #22

There were no negotiations. Ever. GliderGuider Jul 2015 #23

here are some other lines from that article: DetlefK Jul 2015 #24

So do you judge the Troika reps? Igel Jul 2015 #27

I have walked in the shoes on both sides of the fence. GliderGuider Jul 2015 #29

I like "demons in human flesh", thanks. Ghost Dog Jul 2015 #32

from his interview with the New Statesman reorg Jul 2015 #17

It was a Troika stitch-up from the word go. nt GliderGuider Jul 2015 #20