Broke? Buy a Few Warships, France Tells Greece!

• It is all a scam! Greece is under the control of international Illuminist banksters. They must implement austerity programs but not cut defence spending ie. orders to France and Germany for military equipments!
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  Broke? Buy a few warships, France tells Greece
  By Paul Taylor and Renee Maltezou
  (Reuters) – In a bizarre twist to the Greek debt crisis, France and Germany are pressing Greece to buy their gunboats and warplanes, even as they urge it to cut public spending and curb its deficit.
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  Indeed, some Greek officials privately say Paris and Berlin are using the crisis as leverage to advance arms contracts or settle payment disputes, just when the Greeks are trying to reduce defense spending.
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  “No one is saying ‘Buy our warships or we won’t bail you out’, but the clear implication is that they will be more supportive if we do what they want on the armaments front,” said an adviser to Prime Minister George Papandreou, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the diplomatic sensitivity.
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  Greece spends more of its gross domestic product on the military than any other European Union country, largely due to long-standing tension with its neighbor, historic rival and NATO ally, Turkey.
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  “The Germans and the French have them over a barrel now,” said Nick Witney, a former head of the European Defense Agency. “If you are trying to repair Greek public finances, it’s a ludicrous way to go about things.”
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  France is pushing to sell six frigates, 15 helicopters and up to 40 top-of-the-range Rafale fighter aircraft. Greek and French officials said President Nicolas Sarkozy was personally involved and had broached the matter when Papandreou visited France last month to seek support in the financial crisis.
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