Monday, May 10, 2010

France, Germany Forced Greece to Buy Arms: MEP

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4616433&c=EUR&s=TOP

This is what your footing the bill for America,....more WAR toys.
Between paying for "the banks" and the "Military Industrial Complex" for every other country plus our own, have drained the coffers dry, and yet they still pledge more support.
Where is the extra money coming from this time?

France and Germany, while publicly urging Greece to make harsh public spending cuts, bullied its government to confirm billions of euros in arms deals, a leading Euro-MP alleged Friday.

Franco-German lawmaker Daniel Cohn-Bendit said that Paris and Berlin are seeking to force Prime Minister George Papandreou to spend Greece's scarce cash on submarines, a fleet of warships, helicopters and war planes.

"In the past three months we have forced Greece to confirm several billion dollars in arms contracts. French frigates that the Greeks will have to buy for 2.5 billion euros. Helicopters, planes, German submarines."

Despite its economic woes, which recently deepened spectacularly when its credit rating was downgraded, Greece is one of Europe's biggest arms buyers, seeking to keep pace with its regional rival Turkey