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What the history of Greece can tell us about the fight against Isis
Modern Greece and its crises were shaped by the legacy of a violent conflict in the post-war years – an atrocity long forgotten as the fight to stabilise the Middle East distracts our leaders
Mass beheadings, public throat-cutting, eye-gouging, the chopping up of corpses, torture and mass executions into open graves. Professional butchers employed to decapitate victims. Remind you of anything? No, not the cruelty of Isis, the cult which the US Joint Chiefs of Staff labelled “apocalyptic” only a couple of years ago – and with whom Donald Trump now thinks he is at war.
No, think instead of those nice, relaxed, laid-back, ouzo-drinking, euro-spending Greeks. The years between 1944 and 1949 were enough to curdle anyone’s blood.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/isis-syria-donald-trump-american-generals-greek-history-violence-post-war-legacy-like-islamic-state-a7559106.html
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My impression is that the "emfilio", the Greek civil war is talked about even less that in Spain. Though in Greece it didn't lead to a fascist takeover or not until 1974.
Tony