The Greek Crisis

Greece’s young King Constantine may have committed a tactical error in his country’s recent crisis, but it is difficult if not impossible to condemn him for having forced the issue. Surgery if really urgent cannot be delayed—even if it is not as good as one could wish.

Though ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western objectivity and rationality, the people of Greece never developed a liking for permanence or cold reasoning. As in every Mediterranean country an extremist position is considered more honorable than a moderate one.