WSJ: "The geopolitical Greece deserves far more than Portugal or Ireland"

"H Greece may be a small European economy, but, as illustrated by the story, the geopolitical importance is greater than that of Ireland or Portugal. Yet the sharp contraction in the Greek economy poses risks to overthrow the constitution by extremist political or military movements, with undetermined consequences. "

Put simply, the Wall Street Journal described the big guns that could use a Greece-centric and not "European" or "globalized" thinking Greek political leadership to give answers to those who believe that the country and its people must first suffer to "cleanse" (Calvinist-evangelical conception Merkel) and then come "the straight path", having paid for their sins.

Under commonly called Greece is "corner-shop" in an area such "stores" are paid chiliaplasia amounts than the debt. And just the fact that the Greek political leaders refuse to use this weapon, fearing lest "feelin gbad" major western political centers, and anyway owes its existence to the domestic political elite - assisted of course by major domestic large SMEs play the role of "watchdog" Troika - reserving the Greek people a real hell.

The Wall Street Journal, the article sets out its thinking on the future of Europe due to the debt crisis by making the assessment that "the recession plaguing Europe threatens to dissolve the Union."

Even if it manages to survive, as noted, "the influence of the world will fall", says the report excerpt of the French Foundation for Strategic Research, signed by François Heisbourg, who sees four scenarios for the future strategic Europe:

a) perpetuation of the current turbulent situation.

b) Creating a more integrated EU

c) Split the Eurozone, removing countries such as Greece.

d) Complete collapse of the Eurozone.

All possible leads to a change in the strategic field in Europe.

Regarding the third scenario for Greece, stated that poses risks both to the possibility of transmission of the financial crisis in other countries and geostrategic, as "not all countries have the same geostrategic significance."

Finally, it can be argued that a split is also the Eurozone will affect the process of EU enlargement in the Balkans, with the possible exception of Croatia, further destabilizing the region and undermining energy security, would pave the way to other forces, such as Russia and China to expand its influence in the region (Russian influence in Cyprus is already significant).

It is exactly the same attitude as that of proerdou of the German Association for Foreign Trade, Anton Berners, who warned that if the country entered the Eurozone, then "will be removed in practice by the European Union" and would "fall into the arms of Russia or China, causing a security problem for Europe. "

According to the version described by Mr. Berners had revealed and brought to the first publicity in Greece defencenet.gr the case of Greece leaving the eurozone and create a closer relationship with Russia or China, "Greece would obtain large Earnings and Europe would become a security problem, and for many decades! "

To question now is why wait what they will do or what will decide lenders for us not decide what to do and why we do not get our hands the fate of the nation and to chart a new course?

Did the same again should we start?

Solon's Seisachtheia was historic because it was the basis for the development of Athenian democracy and the great civilization that accompany it. However, the exemption of unsustainable burden of debt of Athenian citizens were not the only measure. The reforms of Solon consisted of three parts: the monetary reform and cutting new currency, the "haircut" of debts and not fully discharge the debtors and the most important structural changes of the Athenian economy, and which gave the biggest boost development.

Then the economy changed the Athenian model, exceeded that of the self-sufficient agricultural production and became a manufacturing, commercial and outgoing. Developed simultaneously and olive pottery, namely the production of vessels for storage and transportation of oil to other markets.

The marketing and distribution and transportation needs of the oil then forced the building of merchant vessels and the creation of the Athenian fleet, which employed many traders and seafarers, who vote Democratic and have the great and invincible base of the Athenian Republic, who ruled for almost two centuries.

So oil production, pottery, shipbuilding, fleet and commercial streets accompanied the Seisachtheia and brought great development and greatness of the Athenian Republic. These were the pillars of strategic power of the Athenian state, apparently the result of a holistic reform.

The Seisachtheia was only one part, necessary but not sufficient. And this should be our quest today. What we can accompany today claimed the settlement of debts and what are the respective contemporary of olive oil, pottery, shipbuilding and maritime trade routes? Did the same again should we start?

What is going on with the Country Debt !

Partners and lenders for three years they have done everything possible to persuade them that if Greek debt are unique and exclusive result of our own mismanagement. Many, however, have insisted from the beginning that the indebtedness is not Greek peculiarity, but a global problem that has no easy solution.

Themselves insisted that Americans and Europeans hide behind the Greek case to hide the global dimension of the problem of over-indebtedness. As time goes on, this view seems to be confirmed and explained the current clumsy European attitudes to the many Greek and endless efforts.

Unfortunately do everything possible to keep active the Greek problem to hide the corresponding problem of over-indebtedness of other large European countries, and certainly that of America.

In a few months, as the kisses to  the newly elected President Barack Obama in the U.S. debt problem will be revealed and will come to add infinite matter in the global debt crisis. And then you discovered that brave without setting a world without Seisachtheia like that inspired 2,500 years before Solon the Athenian, the world will not calm.

Which, we should note, that in addition to the other and allowed the development of democracy in ancient Athens. Perhaps such an international settlement of debts to anagennouse modern Republic.

Lets see the country debt from Wikipedia by Rank

Greece in No 20 ! ! !  So why US or UK or Germany are not under  bankruptcy? 

What about the per capital 

Luxembrourg? Are they still alive???? why they are not under  bankruptcy? what about Monaco and Netherlands? UK? Switzerland ? Norway?  What we have to notice is that Germany still are more friendly to  bankruptcy than Greece

Lets see the Debt by % of the GDP

The debt problem is not a Greek problem , it is the west world problem that we hide under the floor for many years, now it is to big to hide it......

Horten Brothers - Respect the Innovation guys

Before evoking the story of the Horten brothers and their strange machines, a review of some background is necessary.

As used as we are to visualize a traditional airplane with a fuselage, we are somewhat taken abashed when looking at a flying wing, and yet, its concept dates back from the dawn of aviation. The benefits of a flying wing become easy to understand when we consider that the fuselage and the tail section produce 30% to 50% of an airplane's drag, thus the reason that purists such as Lippisch or Northrop pursued this concept. The idea of a flying wing is far from being a novelty; it made its appearance at the birth of aviation, and it was a concept adopted by many precursors. 

Another essential fact to keep in mind for the comprehension of the Horten brothers' work is to recall the importance that the glider and soaring played in the history of aviation. 

The Horten Brothers

While many researchers towards the end of the XIX^thcentury were trying to create a motorized machine, some purists and grand precursors such as Lilienthal or Ferber believed that a flying machine should be aerodynamically efficient and easy to fly before installing an engine. We must note in passing that Lilienthal had conceived gliders without a tail section before the year 1900
The Horten brothers would become the virtuosos of the flying wing, testing with stubbornness their machines without neither fuselage nor tail section in gliding flight before even thinking of adapting them with an engine. Obsession? Maybe…Whatever the reasons, they would design flying wings exclusively. No other type of flying machine would come out of their drawing board.

                                                                Walter Horten in 1929

Born at the beginning of the 20^th century, the brothers had developed from childhood a passion for the concept of a machine flying with the purest of qualities. The Versailles treaty of 1919 theoretically banned the rearmament of Germany, particularly by drastically limiting its aeronautical production. This is how glider flying and soaring in Germany came to play such an important part between the wars, not only in the training of pilots but also in aeronautical research. The renowned Wasserkuppe meetings would provide the perfect stage for the advancement of those researches.

Horten Brothers with their first Glider

It is within this time frame that Walter and Reimar Horten developed, and built their first flying wing before reaching the age of twenty after studying the work of von Prandlt (published in 1918) on aerodynamics with the emphasis on the benefits of the thick wing. They also benefited from indulgent parents that allowed them to transform the family's house living room into a workshop.

First Step

During the entire period that preceded the Second World War, the brothers conceived machines having constantly improved performance.

Their first glider, the Horten Ho I, was first flight tested at Bonn-Hagelar in July 1933. Although it was not a complete success, it opened the way for other models, including the Ho IV with a high aspect ratio wing of 24 meters in span, as well as their Ho III that soared to 7000 meters in 1938.

The Horten V

When the hostilities began in World War two, the Horten brothers were of course assigned to the Luftwaffe. Wolfram, the third brother was shotdown over Dunkerque flying a Heinkel He-111, whereas Walter flew Messerschmitt Bf-109 for 6 months. Reimar was also trained on the Bf-109 but he was soon transferred to a special unit preparing for operation "Sealöwe" (Operation Sea Lion) having for objective the invasion of England. For this operation the Luftwaffe had created a special glider unit. More than 80 aircraft, had been assigned to this operation to deliver ammunitions and supplies for the troops of the invasion force, it included five Ho III and two Ho II especially equipped for this mission. The third Reich had once again found in the gliding schools a mean of "feeding" its war machine.


We know now that the tenacity and dedication of the British RAF pilots caused the invasion of England to be cancelled indefinitely. The cancellation of operation "Sea Lion" actually benefited the Horten brothers, permitting them to continue their projects, whereas the glider pilot training center was transferred to Königsberg. They concentrated on the repairs of their damaged gliders, and to the development of new models supported by Ernst Udet.
In 1942, the Luftwaffe advised Reimar that it was searching for an aircraft, which they could use to test a Schmitt-Argus pulse jet engine. They asked him if he thought that le Ho V two-seater could serve that purpose. According to certain sources, this decision came about following reports from German spies in the USA regarding the work of Northrop. The Ho V structure did not permit such mean of high thrust propulsion so the Horten brothers returned to the drawing board and conceived a stronger and larger wing. It would be the Ho VII, a machine equipped with two "pusher" type propellers and a pulse jet engine.

This new venture did not stop the brothers from pursuing their fundamental researches. As Etrich in 1908, they would be intrigued by the "flying seed" Zanonia Macrocarpia, which inspired them for the design of their amazing "Parabola".


But it was wartime and Göering was demanding his "1000X1000X1000". What was that all about? Nothing else than an airplane capable of transporting on a distance of 1000 kilometers from its base, 1000 kilos of bombs at a speed of 1000 kilometers per hour.
It was apparently a very unrealistic project for the era, but one that the Hortens (as well as other German engineers such as those from Focke Wulf) came very close to realizing and make operational.


Six months! That was the maximum time allowed to the brothers to have them conceive a prototype, including the assembly methods. It must be remembered that in 1944 the Luftwaffe was already in a desperate state. The glider prototype was ready in a very short time, built of materials consisting of plywood made with a special solvent resistant glue, and some parts of the machine were even made of composite material. Duraluminum had become a rare strategic material in Germany, and its use would have required highly qualified labor, which had been absorbed to serve on the battlefields.

The Horten IX

On March 1^st 1944, the Ho IX made its first gliding flight at Göttingen. A second machine had been built to be fitted with turbojet engines. Those turbojets promised for a March delivery were late to be delivered, and when they arrived it was a serious disappointment for the Horten brothers. They had been provided with Jumo 004B of 80 centimeters in diameter, whereas the planned jet engines were not supposed to exceed 60 centimeters! For a more classic machine such as the Me-262, it would not have been an insurmountable problem, but for a flying wing in which the jet engines were to be incorporated, it was a different problem. It would have been necessary to completely redesign the Ho IX, but time no longer permitted such a project. Or, it would have been necessary to substantially increase the wingspan, rendering the airplane unable to achieve the speeds adamantly required by Göering. The Horten brothers therefore resorted to "make do" ingenuity and the machine were ready for test flight at the end of 1944.

The Horten 229

Test pilot Lieutenant Erwin Ziller's logbook shows that the first flight with the turbojet engines took place on February 2^nd 1945, but Reimar Horten asserts that December 18^th1944 was the date of this particular flight.
The RLM (German Air Ministry) had shown satisfaction with the Ho IX, and giving it the code 8-229 it entrusted its construction to the Gothaer Waggonfabrik works. Twenty of the machine's first model was ordered. Several other models had been planned, including two-seaters for training, and night fighters equipped with radar.  We must note in passing that the Horten brothers had developed a special revetment for their Ho IX, made of glue, soot, and charcoal powder, making this already furtive machine practically undetectable with radar.



Walter Horten (born 13 November 1913; died 9 December 1998 in Baden-Baden, Germany) and Reimar Horten (born 12 March 1915; died 14 August 1993 in Villa General Belgrano, Argentina), sometimes credited as the Horten Brothers, were German aircraft pilots and enthusiasts, and members of the Hitler Youth and Nazi party.  Although they had little, if any, formal training in aeronautics or related fields, the Hortens designed some of the most advanced aircraft of the 1940s, including the world's first jet-powered flying wing, the Horten Ho 229.

The first Horten in Museum 

A design from the NAZI stores

 Full scale replica built by Northrop Grumman to test radar signature