German 'hypocrisy' over Greek military spending has critics up in arms ...
" If there is one country that has benefited from the huge amounts Greece spends on defence it is German y," (...) "As a proportion of GDP, Greece spends twice as much as any other EU member on defence," (...) It happened because of the threat perception from Turkey and the need to balance Turkey militarily," (...) " For a long time Greece spent 7% of its GDP on defence when other European countries spent an average 2.2%. If you were to add up that compound 5% from 1946 to today, there would be no debt at all," (... ) "It's vital that if the European Union wants to speak about fair deals it should at least guarantee Greek borders [with Turkey] so the country can bring down military spending to 2.2%." (...) Knowing the economic situation of the country, and all the talk about Greece's overspending for the last 20 years, one feels like saying 'hold off, gentlemen, with the criticism' ," (...)" I