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Ezana  ·  3435 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't see how either of those apply to the current situation.

kleinbl00  ·  3435 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Rather than play "follow the bouncing ball" why don't you tell me how the Yugoslavian breakup is nothing like the current Greek crisis.

Ezana  ·  3431 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Greece isn't a multi-ethnic state; there are no competing national identities within it borders and no threat of ethnic cleansing.

Sorry about the delayed reply, I don't seem to get notifications for second-level replies.

kleinbl00  ·  3431 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Ezana  ·  3431 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm aware of the immigration crisis. If Golden Dawn came to power, we wouldn't see rival Greek and Immigrant armies, like in Yugoslavia. You'd probably see the ongoing anti-immigration violence heighten a bit, but the country would break apart in ideological civil war before XA could begin some kind of mass-murder campaign. If we're looking for historical analogies, Spain in the 30s fits the Greek worse-case scenario a lot better than the breakup of Yugoslavia.

kleinbl00  ·  3431 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Now you're triangulating. The argument was that Greek unrest could lead to American occupation. Now you're saying comparisons to Serbia are invalid because the Spanish Civil War is a better model.

This is a disingenuous way to conduct conversation and I won' t do it anymore.