http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2015/images/oxi.jpgThe Greek people's answer was a slap in the face for all of them, including, sadly, leaders of the Social Democratic Party like Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel. Now they are all hysterically rushing from Berlin to Paris to Brussels to decide whether to sacrifice prestige and face up to dealing with Greek representatives who now have a big popular majority behind them, or to play it tough, let the Greeks, already hungry and poor after five years of pre-SYRIZA deceit, now sink into even worse poverty, which would risk tearing a first fissure in the euro currency structure, Merkel's legacy. And who knows, maybe those oh-so-stubborn Greeks might just possibly manage to cut through that knot, beat the snarling lion, clean the stables -- and save their bold fire as a flare for brothers and sisters in other countries.

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