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• Greeks Favor Renegotiation of Loan Even at Risk of Euro Exit

"Almost three-quarters of Greeks want Antonis Samaras’s coalition government to insist on a renegotiation of the terms of the country’s international loan agreement, an MRB poll showed.

Of 1,011 people surveyed, 74 percent said the coalition should insist on discussing the terms, even if such talks lead to the prospect of Greece leaving the euro area, according to the poll in the Sunday edition of the Athens-based Real News newspaper and pre-released today.

That compared with 15.5 percent who said the government should accept the current terms of Greece’s bailout without any talks, according to the poll. "

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I'm not questioning your point that the US is not a major supplier of guns across the border to the cartels, I'm just trying to clarify.  That is a very different question than whether 'Fast and Furious' actually occurred.  My limited knowledge of that is the contention that BATF (I think) supplied 2,000 guns to the cartels.

Which are you arguing?

Doug

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One more time. Third time the charm?

I was arguing the teaser for the link. To wit - Although it will never be possible to completely cut off the flow of guns to Mexico from the United States, it can be reduced. This would force the cartels to search for new sources of weapons. 

This teaser leads me to believe Chris thinks there is a large flow of civilian guns to mexican drug cartels.

If you wonder whether the Operation Fast and Furious is real you can read the book Fast and Furious . It has solid documentation. It also has a partisan slant IMO, but that does not negate the documentation. You can also wade through The Journalists' Guide to Project Gunwalker . Many of the linked articles are more partisan than I can handle but again, they seem solid.

I've been following this since early 2011 thanks to a heads-up from Tom Gresham. It does seem that among other crimes, our DOJ used taxpayer dollars to illegally purchase firearms, physically hand them to smugglers and then purposely let the smugglers walk away without following them. I do not understand the logic behind this and am hoping the oversight committee can enlighten me someday.

The only tools they have are brainwashing and violence.  It is another surreal moment to hear a government official actually speak of using brainwashing as a tool to accomplish their goals.

The point was what was being "marketed" and to who. To brainwash children into believing that they don't have the right or should not have the means to defend themselves is different than trying to market an IPAD or a video game.