only increased. Why would NATO or any other organisation, want a country that behaves in this manner toward a member of its alliance; an alliance that the offending country is trying to join. It is in Greece's favour to promote the development of its neighbours and, I believe, has substantial trade relations with both Turkey and FYROM. But it cannot do so at its own expense by turning a blind eye to these flagrant provacations. AHamilton - Chicago AHamilton - Chicago: Who is offending who? On December 5, 2011, the International Court of Justice at The Hague by a 15 to 1 verdict ruled that Greece breached the 1995 Interim accord with Macedonia by blocking/obstructing Macedonia's accession to NATO at the 2008 Bucharest Summit. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Incidentally, the sole dissenting judge was Greek, who should have recused himself from the case. Are the Greeks above the rule of law and the international agreements that they sign? As for Greece's supposedly huge compromise, Greece already accepted the term "Macedonia" from the very outset for the new country, under the appellation "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia". Greeks have simply gone on to use the insulting term "FYROM" in order to bury the Macedonia component to the name and hoodwink people. The whole "irredentist" criticism is nothing but a red herring constantly employed by Greece in order to distract from Greece's ongoing non-recognition of its large Macedonian minority. If the Greeks pretend this to be true, then