Posted on 08/25/2009 5:56:38 AM PDT by Cheap_Hessian
ATHENS (Reuters) - Wildfires that tore through suburbs of Athens and forced thousands of people to flee their homes were contained on Tuesday as the government's handling of the disaster became an election issue.
Likely to face voters early next year, the conservative government said very strong winds had made it difficult to fight fires in east Attica where swathes of forest and more than 150 homes were destroyed.
"If what we experienced in Attica is the best this government can do, then it is obvious we must urgently replace it," the liberal daily Ethnos said in its main editorial.
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis is clinging to a one-seat majority and the socialist opposition, which is ahead in opinion polls, has made clear it will force a snap poll in March when parliament votes for a new president.
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What a hopeless country. King Leonithas is spinning in his grave!
A Greek friend said this is arsonists that land developers
use to get their hands on land for development.
I know. This has been going on for many years irrespective of which government has been in power.
I guess that this shows that voters are morons all over the world, not just the USA and Britain (and many other countries). Socialists promise everything to everybody and get voted in. The economy eventually collapses. This happens every time and over and over again.
That makes a lot of sense with the fire being in the suburbs and the type of city Athens is.
Actually, leftists/anarchists are setting many of these fires to provoke an election. This is the same tactic they used in 2007 to force an election. It’s been going on for years.
The fires set killed 70 people — all in the name of pushing Papandreaou’s rise to leadership.
Amazing — but then, so is much of what’s happening in the U.S. now...
https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=106846
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