On patience and competence

Our Paradise City neighbors (in this case, Germany, Austria, and Sweden) have lost their patience with Greece's failure to keep all those Economy-enhancing refugees within its borders. According to our Paradise buddies, Greece has all the means required to protect its borders, and some remarkable creature going by the name of Johanna Mikl-Leitner even said "Greece has one of the biggest navies in Europe. It’s a myth that the Greek-Turkish border cannot be protected".

Naturally, this fine Dunning-Kruger specimen stopped short of specifying what does "protect the border" with the Navy means. Does it mean shoot and sink refugee-filled boats? Fire warning shots in the hope they'll turn back? Who knows? Who cares? Just go ahead and protect them borders, I say.

Of course, you don't hear this kind of BS talk directed at Turkey, where this tide comes from. Nah, when it comes to Turkey, our hard-line Elected Accountants are less impatient, and are willing to cough up the money with no "upfront measures" required.

I find it amusing when I read that Europe has been shattered by the refugee crisis. Europe has been shattered when its members decided their most important goal was looking out for #1, instead of committing to an actual union.

There is no solution. This trifecta of incompetence appears to be rallying against Greece (in an echo of Wheely Boy Schauble's "let's kick Greece out temporarily" BS), but in fact their shots are aimed at the refugees. The only way to keep the refugees in Greece will be with prison camps (concentration camps, if you will). Even if the Greeks wanted to keep the refugees, the refugees do not want to stay.

You think "concentration camps" is hyperbole? Just read this: "There was a widespread perception (...) that Greece had not done enough to process migrants properly, including setting up camps or hot spots where refugees could reside before their relocation" (the emphasis is mine). "Camps" where "refugees could reside". This is so beyond stupid that I lack words to say anything more.

Almost a year ago (in March, IIRC), I became aware that Greece was making a huge mistake in not preparing their exit, not only from the Euro, but also from the EU. By July, when I wrote it here, I had little doubt about it. And now, here we are again. Because this is now the script for the EU: Do as you're told, or you'll be kicked out.

It's not a matter of money, of "fiscal responsibility", of "political consequences". It's a matter of total contempt for each other. In Germany, Austria, or Sweden (or here in Portugal, or anywhere else in Europe), no one gives a damn about what happens to the Greeks, if they're kicked out, or if they're forced to "retain" the refugees. We can't see beyond ourselves (either as nations or as people), and provided we're OK, let everyone else be damned.

Our Elected Accountants make their little show of having run out of patience, in the hope that no one notices that they have, in fact, run out of competence. Yes, today I'm feeling generous, and I'm assuming they had any, to begin with.