Greece’s Surrender: A Return to 1919, or to 1905?

With the vote by Greece’s parliament, early Thursday morning, to accept the harsh terms demanded by the country’s creditors, the debate about how we got to this point is sure to intensify. In a post earlier in the week, when Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras first agreed to the deal, Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor, pointed the finger at Tsipras’s Syriza government, saying, “Greeks will be asking today what has been the point of the last month of diplomatic theatre: the endless meetings, the violent rhetoric, the walkouts, and the calling of the referendum. The answer is less than nothing. Untold damage has been caused to the Greek economy for no purpose whatsoever.”

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