With so much pushing and proding, Greece was practically begged to enter EU, and then accepted into Eurozone without reservations. They can all now blame speculators --- as indeed those vulchers that prey on the vulnerable and gullable are guilty --- but much more dirt is being swept under the rug. Greece was a prosperous country without EU. Military coup, and the subsequent tighter and tighter rope being squeezed around their unsuspecting necks, did the job. There was not a single country in Europe and indeed US, that did not know exactly that Greece was fattened for disaster. All that "leniency" was purposefull to undercut the previous elites, the Greek shipping wealth, and an independent banking system. After all, populace was led to believe that the old guard was fuddy-duddy, not in step with the swinging new times. And the EU demured, did not protest as Henry Kissinger then said how it was time to "knock some sense into them". Europe always acts like a damsel in distress, always waiting for big daddy to come and tell them what to do and how to do it. Well, it is the end of the line, isn't it? Listen to daddy one more time, and not only your little fattened Greece will go belly-up, but others have the same ailment. Portugal is next. The whole nonsense of blaming populace for just living --- and perhaps to appologize for being alive --- is absurd. Nobody had it good. Greece was going downhill since it entered EU, no matter what the numbers show. The people know it. They have been living worse, and worse. Now, they want to have "austerity", without even touching the bloating "defense" budget. What is NATO for? Get out of EU and NATO, and live better right of the bat. Default on debt, and no more borrowing just to pay interest. EU needs to start thinking, and not following Pied Piper to its distruction.