ANTIAMERICANISM
IN GREECE, AN IRON CURTAIN BETWEEN GREEKS
AND GREEK-AMERICANS
Published: The National Herald (NY), January 26-27, 2002
The negative reactions from
a significant section of Greek society to the tragic events in New York, the
Pentagon and Pennsylvania, carried out by Islamic Fundamentalists on September
11, 2001 constitute an absurd and distasteful fact of self-inflicted injury,
which necessitates an urgent and fully documented analysis.
This issue concerns the 11 million core, of the 17 million Greek origin
people, who are living under pressure, in the worst neighborhood of Europe and
are adjacent to the tectonic line separating them from Islam.
Furthermore, the schizophrenic and painful dichotomy of perceptions and
understanding of the tragic events, between many of the Greeks and the
Greek-Americans, represents a significant milestone in the history of Hellenism,
because unfortunately it demonstrates conclusively the fact that many people in
Greece have been misled by daily propaganda, emanating from some of the frothy
Media outlets. Many people have
apparently lost the compass of political orientation, leading to deliberate
refutation of Western values which are actually based on the achievements of our
illustrious ancestors. Thus, many
of the Greeks disavow their heritage today and delude themselves by sleepwalking
at noontime. The 400 years of servitude to the Ottomans and the nightmare of
Turkey, 170 years after the year 1830, the constant threats of war and brutal
occupation of 38% of Cyprus, does not interest these Greeks at all.
Their outrageous attitude against America, indicates conclusively that an
Iron Curtain, due to an unbridgeable gap of political culture, has started to
separate the Greek-American Community from Greece, and has made almost
impossible all attempts for intellectual communication.
The causes of this phenomenon are many as shown by the following brief
analysis.
ANATOMY OF ANTI-AMERICANISM
The entire Greek-America, shouts
indignantly with one voice: “Shame on you.” The articles,
comments and poll results in Greece, demonstrate an aberration and unhinged
minds at the birthplace of Democracy. This
is a scandalous coexistence of Shame and Glory, with the political left on the
lead, followed by many others, at a time when Greece is frantically preparing
for the Olympic Games of 2004, hoping to rekindle and refresh her image and the
standing of Hellenism within a humanity of six billion.
The minority of the left, with undisputed talent for propaganda is
inflicting enormous damage on
Greece and on world Hellenism. According
to one poll published a few days after September 11(the first reactions are the
most genuine) only a puny 18.9% said that they sympathized with America and its
people. In another poll 30% of those who answered, said that the
terror attack was justified due to the foreign policies of the United States.
Only 10% agreed that Greece should cooperate with other NATO members on a
military campaign against states who support terrorism.
From all citizens of NATO countries only the Greeks disagreed by 60%,
with participation of their national forces in a campaign against the
terrorists.
The headlines of articles in newspapers and magazines are emblematic of an
anti-American hysteria. "The Arrogance of Power and the Weaknesses of
Arrogance" said one, "The United States is the Contemporary
Demon" proclaimed the noted musician Mikis Theodorakis.
This constitutes an extraordinary irony however, in view of the fact that
a huge percentile of Americans adore Greece and its people (they consider the
country as the Mecca of Tourism and the birthplace of Western civilization) and
the biggest dream of their life is to visit the Aegean islands.
An additional tragic irony for Greece, is the certain disappointment of
an army of American Intellectuals who are proven and veritable Philhellenes and
supporters of Greece, at Universities and Colleges from coast to coast in
America, such as Professors: Donald Kagan (with his famous book, "Pericles
of Athens and the Birth of Democracy" and his four volume history of the
Peloponnesian War), Victor Davis Hanson (with his Books "Who Killed
Homer" and "The Soul of Battle"), Stephen Miller, the famous
archaeologist of classical Greece with extensive work in Nemea, Mary Lefkovitz
(with her seminal book "Not from Africa") and countless others.
I hereby invite the Greek pseudo-intellectuals of anti-Americanism, to
explain their thoughtless attitude and pious pronouncements, to 70 members of US
Congress who comprise the "Greek Caucus" and also to 1.2 million
Armenian-Americans, the faithful allies of the Greek-Americans especially on
issues related to Turkey. I also
invite the pseudo-intellectuals of Greece to advise our Archbishop in America
and the great Alex G. Spanos of Stockton (personal friend and prominent
supporter of the President and his Father), on how to explain their
anti-Americanism the next time they will meet, with the President of the United
States.
2. After World War II, all big leftist political parties in Europe behaved rationally and peacefully whereas our pride and joy, the leftist Greeks, created pandemonium, first after the retreat of the German Army (during the famous Dekemvriana) necessitating the intervention of the English, and second, with the leftist insurrection (Simoritopolemos) of 1948-1950 which necessitated the American intervention. The leaders of the left were ignorant of the fact that Stalin and Churchill had already agreed on paper for Greece, to be within the English sphere of influence.
Finally, the decisive defeat of the Greek leftists auspices of the Truman Doctrine (which brought lavish armaments and ammunition, Sherman tanks and the dive bombers-Helldivers), established Greece as a stable member of NATO and valuable partner during the cold war against the Soviet Union.
This dramatic American effort, which precluded the power grab by the left minority, constitutes in effect the root of trouble, and represents an inexhaustible artesian spring of anti-Americanism in Greece. The statue of President Truman, Greece's great benefactor and savior, has instead become a red piece of cloth, in the eyes of the bull of the left.
3. However, the greatest and completely unforgivable crime of
America in the eyes of the left has been that it defeated the Soviet Union in
the cold war, decisively and without frontal attack, a spectacular event which
constitutes the utmost and unbearable ridicule and loss of face for the Greek
left. The Soviet Union dissolved
due to failure of the economic system and because of the advanced
super-computers, developed in the laboratories at Silicon Valley in California,
by young Ph.Ds. who actually recorded their mathematical equations on paper
napkins, at the restaurant during brainstorming sessions at lunch. The dissolution of the Soviet Union, which fell like a house
of cards, produced the ridicule of the ideology of the left, with additional
resurgence of strong anti-Americanism in Greece. However, I must openly and clearly emphasize at this point,
that the erroneous and thoughtless support to the Junta of the Colonel's at the
peak of the Cold War between the two nuclear superpowers, and the opportunistic
and steadily preferential treatment of Turkey by the United States, coupled with
the 27 year occupation of 38% of Cyprus by the Turkish army, and the needless
war for Kosovo (which is perceived as an attempt to appease Islam, which in turn
paid back America, with September 11 and conspiracy theories, about her real
aims for the war against terror), taken all together, constitute palpable and
well justified excuses for anti-Americanism among the Greeks.
Furthermore, the present dire need and terribly expensive task for a long fight
against International Terrorism, demonstrates vividly and without a doubt,
(according to many Greeks), that the War by America and NATO in the Balkans, was
in effect an extravagant waste of political and military resources, at a time
that the evil of International Terrorism was invigorated steadily, with its
final infamous explosion on September 11, 2001.
4. In 1974 the monarchy was
abolished in Greece, the army returned to its barracks and an open, liberal and
multiparty Democracy was restored again. Thus, in 1981 the socialist left, with
the known charismatic leader at the helm, took its relentless revenge against
the past with stubbornness and perseverance, in an attempt to politically
integrate all Greeks especially those who had returned from behind the iron
curtain. This inevitably rekindled
continuous anti-Americanism and included a
curious third world orientation expressed as follows: the support for Polish
dictator Zaruzelski, adamantly avoiding to protest the plight of dissidents in
the Soviet Union and the shooting down of the Korean airliner in 1993, claiming
instead that it was a CIA operation, the notorious response to the crisis in the
Falkland Islands, and the ostentatious relations with Qaddafi of Libya, and Yassir
Arafat, when he was branded by many as a terrorist, the refusal to support
America for the deployment of Persing missiles in Europe and the constant and
persistent vociferations against the American military bases in Greece.
All of these inappropriate doings for a NATO member, in conjunction with a weak
civil society in Greece, where everything is treated as a significant political
issue and the rampant clientelism among the citizenry, the notorious tendency of
the Greeks to attribute all difficulties to foreign interests and their known
inability for even elementary self-criticism, when added together, have helped
to establish a psychoneurotic anti-Americanism, permanently as a dogma of faith.
This peculiar current is at present so strong that in effect it has permeated
and corrupted Greeks of all political orientations, and it is considered to be
by many as a tool of self-preservation. None
of the leaders of the two major political parties had the guts, during the last
10 years, to publicly and forcibly speak against the extremely insolent
anti-Americanism which is pushed daily down people's throats from a large part
of the Media. This rampant Anti-Americanism however has not passed unnoticed by
the bureaucracy of the State Department and the Pentagon, the Congress and the
White house, where Turkey is considered unanimously to be a very stable and
reliable American ally. The
tendency of the Greeks for self-injury is boundless, because they, have even
failed to comprehend the significance of the Turkish-Israeli alliance of 1996,
which in turn has mobilized the powerful Jewish-American lobby in support of
Turkey.
PERPLEXITY
AND QUANDARY IN GREECE
The terrorist attack in
America on September 11 produced enormous puzzlement and dilemma within the
ranks of the Greek governing elite, which correctly rushed to state loudly its
sorrow for the victims and promised support to America on the fight against
terrorism, but on the other hand (similarly to several Muslim leaders),
expressed serious interest in avoiding victims among the civilian population and
the non-expansion of the war against other nations except Afghanistan.
As expected however, the entire political leadership has been completely
unable to influence public opinion on this issue, as shown by recent polls.
Due to the fact that the political leadership has tolerated for many
years the attacks against America's policies on defeating
terrorism, the global economy, and on human rights in the Balkans (to
name but a few), finds itself today in a bad situation, with large numbers of
sleepwalking Greeks siding with the fanatic fundamentalists of Taliban and
others, who by the way, resemble the age long tormentors of Hellenism.
The bones of Constantinos Paleologos, Androutsos, Miaoulis,
Kountourgiotis, Bouboulina, Kolokotronis and Ferreos will crackle in their grave
with the behavior of many Greeks of today.
BUT WHO ARE THE ISLAMIC
FUNDAMENTALISTS?
The fanatics of Taliban and all others for whom many Greeks express sympathy and
support, instead of America, are against modern societies and their eudemonism
and pleasures of everyday life (..the famous pleasure seeking of contemporary
Greeks), and believe themselves to be the last defenders of God, and that they
alone offer the only panacea, for the corrupt societies of today. The only aspect of modernity which interests the Islamists is
modern technology, because they see it as a weapon that can be turned on its
makers. Their core and key dispute
with the West is the philosophical view of life itself and the way of viewing
the world: theirs, which adheres to values in the timeless scriptures, inviolate
laws and unchangeable morality and the other, which believes in strong expansion
of scientific knowledge and the technological transformation of society, which
vastly augment the options for learning and for living.
An additional strong contention of the fundamentalist-terrorists is the
sustained support of Israel by America and the EU, and the presence of American
forces in the Persian Gulf, the
continuous sucking of oil, and especially the presence of Americans in Saudi
Arabia, the country with the sacred cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina.
Additionally, the openness and transparency of Western Societies, as well as the
prominent position and equal rights of their women are abhorrent and
unacceptable to Islamists.
And here comes the crucial and notorious double standard of Islamic
Fundamentalists, who call all Westerners, especially Americans, non-believers
(infidels) and wish to expel them completely from the Middle East, but at the
same time, arrogantly and with no restrain whatsoever, appropriate all
technology and the invaluable scientific discoveries which have been paid for by
the taxpayers of the West. However, the sky-high insolence and bottomless
effrontery of the Islamists and other Anti-american Muslims, is the continuous
invasion of millions of Moslems immigrants, into the EU, America and Canada,
literally by taking their people for a ride and using them as suckers.
Moreover, there are about 800 Mosques or other places of worship in
France and 900 in Germany and also a huge Mosque between Rome and the Vatican,
from all places, build after years of negotiations and paid for by Saudi Arabia.
The largest Moslem city in the EU today is Berlin.
In sharp contrast, Christians are leaving the Middle East in droves
(..The Vanishing Christians). Christians
represent now only 2% of the population in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza strip,
down from about 10% in 1948. Because the majority of Christians have left Bethlehem and
other cities Pope Paul II convened a special conference at the Vatican on the
issue. Furthermore, Christians are
under pressure and are abused in many Islamic countries, and they are strictly
and forcibly forbidden to visit Mecca and Medina, as well as to celebrate
Christian Holidays in Saudi Arabia. Finally,
in America not only we have about seven (7) million Muslims and a large number
of Mosques and other places of worship, but Islam is the fastest growing
religion in our country.
THE
FRENCH CONNECTION
Most Americans believe that France is
a beautiful country and admire Paris as the city of light and many young people
study French Literature and speak French as a second language.
Many French though have a distaste about the title-Superpower-for America
and on cultural issues they make it abundantly clear, that they strongly oppose
American "Cultural Imperialism." Internationally, the French have
vivid frictions with America in the Persian Gulf due to the fact that their
interests are at variance with American security imperatives.
The French are depressed about their role and their status in the new
post-Cold War world. There are
actually four problems that the French are faced with.
First is globalization, which they believe to be responsible for the
devaluation of French culture, as well as for their high unemployment.
The struggle of the French people against globalization is intertwined
with their high standard of living. The
majority of the French suspect, that they have very little to gain and much to
lose from globalization, such as their gorgeous and picturesque countryside, the
high quality of their food and wines and their highly valued traditions.
Second, is the
international system, which is now unipolar with the United States as undisputed
and powerful leader and the once upon a time proud France, obligated to follow.
On issues of security, America and France appear to be both allies and
also competitors and the French believe that expansion of NATO to the East will
further augment and consolidate America's hegemony.
In Africa the French are in need of America's power in order to maintain
their influence and America needs France's long experience in that continent.
Third, is the homogenization and fusion of Europe, which has the
potential to silence France's voice. It
would appear that the only way for France to counterbalance American hegemony
could be through the EU, but the French will have to abandon a considerable part
of their sovereignty.
Many French believe that Paris is in great danger of becoming like a new
Rome, a spectacular and sophisticated metropolis, but one that will resemble a
huge museum of its glorious past. Fourth, and infinitely the more difficult
problem in France is the French people themselves. French society is tightly
shut, rigid, and conservative and dislikes change. The work force is much less mobile than Britain's or
America's labor and many people prefer to remain unemployed instead of moving to
another city or village to find work, which is completely opposite to American
society, which is bigger, open, movable and flexible and with the remarkable
ability to attract new talent from all over the world.
The social crisis in France is due to high unemployment, the loss of
international prestige, the unavoidable corruption and the subsequent
enhancement of the right wing (LePen's National Front) in the provinces.
The French are very disappointed today and are envious of the power,
influence and vitality of America, all of which are expressed with fervent
anti-Americanism, that in turn is inescapably exported to Greece, with the power
of a tornado.
The influence of French intelligentsia on Greek society is powerful.
Generations of Greeks have studied in France and many Greek intellectuals
are living and have made successful careers there. The Greek Media establishment
draws news, ideas and analyses of events from the French Media and the French
cultural and linguistic impact on Greece is immense.
Many members of the Greek political elite have studied in France, whose
left leaning intellectuals enjoy
high degree of participation in French political circles which traditionally
maintain close ties with the leadership in Greece.
Even the late Constantine Karamanlis went to self-exile in France. On the other hand, relatively fewer political figures (5% of
the members of 1966 Greek Parliament), scientists and members of the Mass Media
have studied or lived in far away America.
Thus, the majority of leading figures in Greece is definitely Eurocentric
and most of them are not familiar with the culture and intricate ways of
thinking in the United States. In
sharp contrast, the Israeli Jews know American ways very well indeed, speak
perfect English and walk through the corridors of Congress, the Pentagon and the
Department of State with self-confidence and a sense of purpose.
AMERICAN
EXCEPTIONALISM
America is a multicultural experimental society of 285 million, which
has the biggest economy on earth, is fourth in size after Russia, Canada and
China, and third in population after China and India. Our country contains a
mosaic of nationalities and immigrants from about 115 nations take the oath of
citizenship during emotional and spirited ceremonies every year.
America differs from other industrial nations because its society is more
religious, more optimistic and patriotic and very sensitive to human rights.
We have the highest crime rates, the largest number of people locked in
jail, the lowest voting record among eligible voters, and the highest number of
citizens who work as volunteers. America
is first in promoting its young into all professions and other elite
occupations, and is the last among first world nations to support, the equal
distribution of wealth, the lavish provision of welfare benefits and is last in
big savings, has the lowest rate of taxation and the majority of our workers
when asked, prefer to go to work instead of taking a vacation!
America intervened in World War I and II in Europe (helping Europe enormously
with the Marshall Plan) and by herself defeated Japan from Island to Island in
the Pacific and subdued the Soviet Union in the cold War, thus remaining the
only superpower on this planet. There
is an impressive and spectacular infrastructure (about 4,000 Colleges and
Universities and many Nobel prizes every year). Scientists from all over the world come to America to work
and make distinguished careers. Our
educational system is superb and thousands of foreign youths study in the United
States. Scientific advances in many
areas of endeavor are phenomenal, such as in Medicine (victory against Malaria
and Tuberculosis) with drug discoveries galore, progress in organ
transplantations, sequencing of the genetic code, basic research and progress in
treatment of AIDS, and the breathtaking technological advances in
communications, with cellular phones and satellites, beyond description.
The American war machine today is unrivaled and can be projected at any
remote corner of the earth. Americans
have great interest in space exploration and our astronauts have already gone to
the moon. In a nut shell, America
represents a unique phenomenon in the history of humanity, as a giant
Scientific, Military, Political and Financial Democracy and the Home of the
United Nations. The Constitution
and Political System are also unique, with distribution of power to the
President, Congress and the Judiciary. Americans
are profound patriots (since September 11 the country is awash with the Stars
and Stripes from Coast to Coast), they are law abiding citizens and have great
interest mainly in solving the internal problems of their country, in contrast
to a low interest in foreign affairs and entanglements.
However, the international obligations of the United States are enormous and
this dichotomy constitutes a problem of the first magnitude.
It is obvious that America
alone, cannot salvage every other faltering nation and every other failing
government in the world, it cannot pacify every civil war or stop all frictions
and clashes among other nations. America
cannot reverse the immigration crisis and cannot elevate the standard of living
in all third world countries, by performing a miracle with a magic wand, because
the world's population is now six (6) billion strong.
American taxpayers are interested most and foremost, in solving local
problems in America, and do not wish to finance populations that are not
relevant to their country. In the case of the fanatic Islamists the problem is that they
refuse to play ball with modern societies.
The Muslim societies are utilizing extensively the technology of the
West, yet adamantly refuse to follow its rational way of thinking and reasoning,
and are unable to develop truly democratic governments and institutions, and
deprive their women (50% of the population) of their equality with men.
CATASTROPHIC
ANTI-AMERICANISM
Specifically for Greece, the long standing anti-Americanism with the
left leading the charge, but with the participation of many others as well, has
been exceedingly harmful, despite her solid membership to the EU and has exposed
to great danger her national interests, especially in regard to the rivalry and
constant frictions with Turkey. The
evil of anti-Americanism has come into sharp focus and has now been magnified
with the tragedy of September 11, 2001 and the struggle of America against the
scourge of terrorism. It
constitutes a permanent injury to the prestige of Greece despite the obligatory
cooperation with America due to the NATO connection.
Whereas America has now mobilized vigorously against International terrorism
many Greeks continue to harp on the same string (similarly to many Muslims) to
the effect that the Americans themselves masterminded the tragedy of September
11 and other conspiratorial non-sense. To
the contrary, Turkey is playing the game admirably and an eleven member
Congressional delegation called Turkey recently, "the most faithful ally of
America and the Jewel of the Crown." Furthermore the Turks rushed to offer 100 soldiers for
Afghanistan and continue to permit the use of the Irsilic air base for American
flights over northern Iraq. And all
of these favorable comments are heaped on Turkey, despite her purely
"Military Democracy," the serious violations of human rights, the
illegal occupation of Northern Cyprus, the incessant frictions with Greece, her
insolent behavior towards the EU, the notorious mistreatment of the Kurds and
imprisonment of members of the Turkish Parliament who dare to disagree with
Government policies.
On the other hand, we have seen frequent demonstrations by members of the Greek left in front of the American Embassy with five (5) thousand disciplined professional agitators (I witnessed them in Syntagma Square last June shouting rhythmically and in unison against the terrorism legislation under discussion in Parliament). The bitter truth is this: there exists complete denervation of the silent majority in Greece, which has been effected by some of the frothy Mass Media. This explains its remarkable apathy towards the glaring mischief of the left wing, which maintains good rank cohesion and dexterity in propaganda. However, the greatest injury to Greece from thoughtless and unopposed anti-Americanism is that, it represents the "coup de grace" against the vibrant Greek-American Community, whose work in Congress and the White House on behalf of the old country, will soon go up in flames. The noisy verbal diarrhea of support and sympathy for the Islamists against America constitutes a grave insult and ultimate ingratitude to the Greek-American Community. The Turks are thrilled because the Greeks have destroyed by themselves the effectiveness of Greek-American support for the rightful causes of Hellenism, right here in America, where it counts most. Additionally, with the help of the American Jews, due to the Turkish-Israeli alliance of 1996, the success of Turkish goals in the United States, it is now much easier to achieve.
CONCLUSION
The long standing
anti-Americanism in Greece represents an
instrument of self-inflicted mortal injury and will have extremely serious
consequences regarding the interests of Greece and of world Hellenism.
Responsible for this miserable and abhorrent situation are the entire
political leadership and the country's intelligentsia.
The United States is the superpower that defeated the Soviet Union in the
cold war and will continue to play a strong and dynamic role in the Balkans and
the Eastern Mediterranean. Specifically,
the leadership of all political parties in Greece, with the exception of the far
left, share enormous collective blame for their apathy and inaction towards the
extreme anti-Americanism. Greece is
in serious danger of irrevocably losing the dynamic Omogenia in America, because
an "Iron Curtain of anti-Americanism" will soon be solidified from
coast to coast in our country. The
far left in Greece has hi-jacked and usurped the scepter and the initiative on
key issues of the National Agenda, through the Mass Media, thus exerting a
strong and decisively negative influence on public opinion and the polls.
The obligatory assurances to the United States, by the rest of the
political leadership, are interpreted by many outside of Greece, as insincere
and hypocritical.
Anti-Americanism, taken together with the low fertility rate, the serious
immigration crisis, and the widespread corruption, completes the ugly four-heads
carrying Lernaean Hydra of Greece. The country is now boxed in and compressed
between Turkey and the Albanian Moslems, within and outside Albania.
Moreover, Greece is slowly dissipating with a fertility rate (TFR) of 1.3
and 200.000 abortions per year, illegal immigrants reaching up to 260,000 for
2001, and a population bomb ticking in the Middle East (by 2025 pop.
343,000,000, with little water, plenty political turmoil and joblessness),
promising a tsunami of illegal immigrants. The Albanian minority will generate
huge problems, for which the Greeks are totally unprepared to handle
effectively. Greece should not lose
the support of the Greek-American Community.
The Council of Greeks Abroad, which
has just convened in Thessaloniki, represents a meeting of
well meaning but uninformed Hellenes of Diaspora, who unfortunately were
unable to comprehend the size of the disaster in progress, produced by
self-induced injury of the Greeks. The silent majority in Greece should
counteract and discard loudly and permanently, the intimidating propaganda of
the left, by mobilizing for peaceful, albeit vocal street demonstrations (Passalos,
Passalo Ekrouete). Thus an enthusiastic demonstration is needed by 200,000
people from the silent majority ranks, in
front of the American Embassy, emblazoned by a sea of Greek and American flags,
in close cooperation with the Church of Greece. Such a demonstration, will amount to a powerful statement
that will neutralize the tyranny of the left in Greece, and will be a decisive
victory for the rightful causes of the old country. The Greek people should side with vigor and without
reservations with the assured victors against international terrorism, the
United States and its allies. The
Greeks need America on their side, despite their EU membership, because
otherwise, they will be with the vanquished and Turkey will triumph again in
America, auspices of the
Israeli-Turkish alliance.
Finally, the United States is a great nation and at times makes policy mistakes. In 1885, the greatest Greek historian, K. Paparigopoulos, wrote the following: "This is the characteristic of the truly Great Nations. Due to the fact that they are made of humans, they too, are not immune against committing sin. However, they do have an inherent repugnance for nastiness and an overpowering respect for virtue." This is the hour and this is the moment for the Greeks, to discard the shackles of the revengeful propaganda of the left and the miasma of the Islamist Fundamentalists, because Greece is the birthplace of Democracy and not of the extreme ideology of the left. The first Democratic Constitution was developed in Athens 10 years before 500 BC and was carried to its classical form by Pericles, 50 years later. Thus, as the architects and deputies of Democracy, the Greeks cannot, under any circumstances, side with the Islamist Fundamentalists. The Greeks should be on the side of the EU and the United States of America, and thus completely in step with the spotless and dynamic Greek-American Community, because "the Blood does not become Water, and even if it becomes, you cannot drink it."
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