From: michael.polymenakos@factory.com (Michael Polymenakos) 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.yugoslavia,soc.culture.greek,soc.culture.bulgaria
Subject: THE NEW BULLY OF THE BALKANS [ Part 23,455 from 2,767,344 ]
Date: 30 Aug 92 00:35:00 GMT
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Organization: Invention Factory's BBS - New York City, NY - 212-274-1243v.32bis
Reply-To: michael.polymenakos@factory.com (Michael Polymenakos) 


(Continued: When we left off, Sasa/Malcolm were raving some nonsence about
 the Vlachii and saying that Greece was foolish for not abandoning its
 successful campaign to expose the lies of Skopjie, while Skopjie is
 acting reasonably in having isolated itself from the rest of the word).

SK>neurotic Greek nationalism than the Macedonian issue.The fall
SK>of the communist bloc has badly damaged Greek self-esteem; ...
   See above. Our success against Skopjie has greately enhanced Greek
   self-esteem.

SK>today it is Turkey that is emerging as the strategic power-
SK>base of the whole region...Hence, ..a Greek government
   Why do you feel so? US interest in SE Europe has diminished since the
   end of the cold war. If the cold war was still on, would there be
   such an apathy about Bosnia today? What's new that Turkey has to offer
   the west now that the USSR is gone?
   If anything else, the Iraq fiasco has taught us Americans that we
   should not support agressive states for short-term objectives. This is
   clearly reflected in the Democratic Party platform, where the need
   for a resolution of the Cyprus issue and the enforcement of the UN
   resolutions in Cyprus are on the top of the foreign policy agenda.
   BTW, many of us here are simply waiting and praying for Turkey to do
   something really stupid, like interveening in Armenia-Azerbaijan. With
   their strategic importance to the US so diminished, it is going to be
   political suicide for Turkey to do so, and yet many prominent Turk
   politicians are advocating just that.

SK>     Personally, I have found that whenever I have long
SK>conversation with EEC politicians or officials, there always
SK>comes a point when they say, "Between you and me, I can't
SK>understand how we ever let Greece in." [!?!?!] With its
   Well, why then did they vote in Greece's favor on the "M" issue? If they
   wanted to get rid of Greece, an unfavorable vote would have done the trick.

SK>peculiar brand of paranoid nationalism, Greece's foreign
SK>policy is now the biggest single impediment to any sensible
SK>EEC policy in the Balkans; and if the Greek public mood
   Yes, the EEC, US, UN, Australia, Canada, and almost all countries in the
   world are marching towards an abyss, and Skopje is the only light of
   sanity in this world.

SK>intensifies any further, it may threaten not only the future
SK>of the ex-Yugoslav Macedonia but the territorial Integrity of
SK>Albania as well. Amid all the discussions about the procedure
   Crapola. Greece has no claims against Albania. The Greek and Albanian
   sides are co-operating towards a solution to the Northern Epirus problem
   that would accomodate Greek interests without affecting Albanian integrity.
   Many Greek and albanian officials are advocating the creation of a Greek-
   Albanian free trade zone, and others are looking towards Albania joining the
   EEC. Either solutions would satisfy both sides involved.
   Interesting that you are mentioning Albania though. The large Albanian
   minority in Vardar is a real headache for Skopjie, and the Greek-Albanian
   co-operation can only be a nightmare for the Skopjie leadership.

SK>for new members to join the EEC, has anyone thought of a
SK>polite way of inviting one member to leave?
   As I said, had they really wanted Greece to leave, they would have turned
   down their request in Lisbon. With Denmarks NO vote, it looks like the
   EEC may have to go through a general re-org, anyway. Obviously the
   officials that Mr. Malcolm spoke to were not the ones with the ballots in
   their hands.

SK>        - The End -
   If only we could be so lucky.

SK>>From "The Spectator" of 15th of August, 1992
   Ok. A date. What county, what city, and who publishes this rag?
   Party affiliations? Circulation figures?

SK>= Sasa Konecni                     e-mail: sk@sunbim.be           =
Michael.

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