Oh, I know my history, thanks. I think way too many Greeks don’t.
Greece was almost overrun by the Reds in the 1940’s and saved by the US - there’s no way the Greek government of the day could have stood them off without US financing at the very least, it would have been a South Vietnam situation. The fact is that its Americas fault that Greece is as wealthy and free as it is, and did not have to pass through a phase like Romania, which was its likely fate.
The problem with Greece is that in a sense the Reds won the peace subsequently - they prompted a deep popular distaste for America and Americans. Which should enrage Americans doubly, seeing as so many Greeks were welcomed in the US and did so well here. It is gross ingratitude on so many levels.
Add this to the seeming Greek tendency to personalize politics more than most.
>> seeing as so many Greeks were welcomed in the US and did so well here <<
Not only that:
The criminal who bears more responsibility than anybody else for Greece’s current condition is the late Andreas Papandreou.
This man had been an American citizen, a U.S. Navy vet in WW2, and eventually reached the pinnacle of success in his chosen profession by becoming a well-regarded, widely-published economist on the faculty of the University of California. Nobody could better exemplify the American dream of achievement for a first-generation emigrant.
Yet after Prof. Papandreou returned to Greece and became Prime Minister, he somehow evolved into an utterly insane enemy of the USA and a bosom buddy of Libya’s Col. Qaddafi — as well as a corrupt political thug nearly on the Ceaucescu scale. Greece has paid dearly for this cretin’s misdeeds and may continue paying for many years.
You may know the history of OZ but not of Greece. What rubbish you post!
...Greeks fought Nazis and invading Commies and homegrown ones during WWII, with very little help - after the war Grece was part of the British sphere until 47 (unfortunately given that the Brits did much to cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Greeks during the war) and did little to help in the reunification of Cyprus to Greece...waging war against heroic Greek Cypriot patriots for years.
There are few Greeks that do not hold an affection for America - that idealized America as the land of the free—which is have NOT been for a while now.
The rest of your post is fantasy.