by system
failure
The phrase
of the U.S. Ambassador to Greece, David Pearce, is characteristic:
"If Savvas Xiros, or anyone else with the blood of American
diplomats and U.S. Mission members on their hands, leaves prison, it
will be seen as a profoundly unfriendly act,"
(http://news.yahoo.com/u-challenges-greece-over-move-softens-guerrillas-jail-181833736.html).
The
statement was made on the occasion of the new law, brought by the
Greek government, that allows severely disabled inmates - including
Savvas Xiros, who is serving multiple life terms for his role in the
defunct group November 17 - to be placed under house arrest.
Of course,
Xiros was only a pretext for the US officials to start sending the
first signals. What really bothered them, was the Greek-Russian
approach, especially after Gazprom's head, Alexei Miller, in Athens,
concerning the deal about the gas pipeline from Greek-Turkish borders
to central Europe.
As already
mentioned in previous article, the rise of the Left in Europe, may
have unacceptable consequences for the US deep state as Europe "could
slip to the Sino-Russian bloc which grows rapidly in the military and
economic field and increasingly gaining independence from the Western
economic system, attracting other countries too.", and
“Post-WWII history shows that the United States tried to prevent
the rise of the Left in Europe during the whole period of the Cold
War, because of the fear of the Soviet further expansion. This was
done through provocative operations against Leftist organizations
...”
(http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2014/11/basic-reasons-for-which-us-deep-state.html)
Therefore,
the phrase "unfriendly act" was targeting Greece's actions
to open channels with Russia. Washington's neocons may remember some
of their favorite practices (like the usual provocative operations)
to implement them on Greece in case that Tsipras go too far with
Russians.
On the other
hand, it seems that Tsipras and Putin play the game smartly. After
Miller's visit in Athens, both sides made clear that in case of a
deal, the new pipeline will be constructed under full respect of the
European legislation, in agreement with the EU. Miller also referred
to European companies who are interested to participate in this
project.
Therefore,
lobbyists can be used to increase the pressure to Brussels to approve
the deal. Additionally, the fact that European companies will take
part in the project, and, the fact that the American interests
pipeline TAP (Trans Adriatic Pipeline) from Azerbaijan will pass also
from northern Greece, are together preventive factors against
"nonlinear instability actions" inside the Greek territory.
But the
Brussels bureaucrats will not only have to face the lobbyists'
pressure about the project. They will also have to face the
increasing Bulgarian displeasure from the cancellation of the South
Stream pipeline that would have transported Russian gas under the
Black Sea, through to Bulgaria and then onwards to other parts of
Europe.
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