OT: Greek Defence Minister wants to team up with Russia

[Schone23666]

And no cheap vodka...

True, but they do have ouzo.

I think that's what I had one long evening when I was off-duty in the dorms at Spangdahlem. Or was it vodka Not sure. I just remember worshipping the porcelain throne, and not too much else...other than the Rocky Horror Picture Show, that is.

[RN7]

Sure they do.
The rotten socialist mentality. The inborn belief that someone else should pay the bill for their life.
The reason the Greeks are in economic trouble is that they are chronically lazy.
This is mirrored in the Russian mentality where cheating the authority is applauded.


Adi

What's so different about Greek socialism compared to the rest of Europe

How exactly are Greeks chronically lazy compared with who

[Targan]

What's so different about Greek socialism compared to the rest of Europe

How exactly are Greeks chronically lazy compared with who

I work closely with a Greek-Australian who regularly travels to Greece and he's told me that Greece's biggest problem isn't laziness, it's that tax evasion is a cultural institution.

[Raellus]

I visited Greece almost exactly two years ago and found the local people that I met warm, friendly, and hard-working. Let's not generalize or stereotype whole nationalities of people, or damn all of them for their leaderships' failings.

Anyway, Rainbow 6 and I had Greece ditching the EU, quitting NATO, and joining Moscow's Eurasian Union, all prior to 2025, for our T2030 project. So far, a lot of what we called a year ago has come or is coming to pass.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

True, but they do have ouzo.

I think that's what I had one long evening when I was off-duty in the dorms at Spangdahlem. Or was it vodka Not sure. I just remember worshipping the porcelain throne, and not too much else...other than the Rocky Horror Picture Show, that is.

NO NO NO, not the ouzo! <recoils in terror>
I have similar recollections of one drunken night on ouzo a few decades ago. Can't stand the stuff since then.