Resisting NATO IS The Duty Of Greeks

Reports indicate that the infamous neoconservative Victoria Nuland will be visiting Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus among other countries. The trip will be aimed at gathering support for Ukraine against Russia. Nuland is infamous for having participated in the overthrow of Ukraine’s government in 2014 which provoked the Russian invasion of the time.

Furthermore, Nuland’s visit is a recollection of the dark days of Greece when Athens was the plaything of the western alliance. American and NATO officials have always looked upon Greece as a small country with no significance compared to Turkey. From their perspective, Greece has no interests except for those of NATO.

Greeks should remember that NATO interference in the internal affairs of Greece has never been completely eradicated. During the Bush-Cheney administration, the Karamanlis government was forced out of office because Athens vetoed Skopje’s entrance into NATO and because Athens signed an agreement with Russia regarding an oil pipeline.

Through the Ecumenical Patriarchate, NATO has infiltrated the Church of Greece. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt has helped Patriarch Bartholomew impose his anti Orthodox ecclesiastical dictatorship over the Church of Greece. American officials shamelessly interfere in the affairs of the Church of Greece.

There is much to respect about Prime Minister Mitsotakis. He has stood up to Turkey. He is not the perfect leader, but he is a major improvement over the collaborationists and stooges such as Costas Simitis and George Papandreou. Nuland is going to attempt to bring Greece into the Ukrainian mess which Russia started but NATO provoked.

As of this writing, trade unions in Thessaloniki are supporting the employees of the railway company OSE. Management of this railroad company is attempting to force its employees to help transfer NATO military equipment to Eastern Europe. These Greek citizens refusal to participate in NATO’s war is patriotic and heroic.

Greece’s stance on Ukraine should be one of neutrality. It is fine to take in refugees and send humanitarian assistance. Greek participation should end there. Greece should not repeat the treasonous actions of the Simitis era when Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan was handed over to the Turks and Athens permitted NATO to use Thessaloniki as a base to bomb Serbia.

Greece should emulate the admirable stance of Hungary. Hungarian Prime Minister Orban was reelected on an anti war platform. Budapest has no desire to get dragged into a war against the will of its citizens. Despite facing external pressures, Hungary has held firm to its principled position.

Polls indicate that sixty six percent of Greeks oppose any involvement in the Ukrainian war. Mitsotakis will have to choose between the neoconservative warmonger Nuland or the Greek people. Mitsotakis should look at the principled position of the railroad workers and unionists in Thessaloniki whose stance is a patriotic stance in favor of Greek national sovereignty.