OF ALL THE EUROPEANS THE GREEKS ARE PROBABLY THE WORST AT TELLING TRUTH...
GREECE IS A BASICALLY A BALKAN NATION...ITS FILLED WITH ALBANIANS...AND HAS NEVER LOST ITS TURKISH OTTOMAN INFLUENCES.
PUTTING ALBANIA OR SERBIA INTO THE EURO...WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE SAME RESULT...ONLY QUICKER.
TO HAVE A CURRENCY A NATION NEEDS A PRODUCTIVE BASE TO SUPPORT THAT CURRENCY...
THE AMERICANS ARE NOT FAR BEHIND THE GREEKS IN VIOLATING THIS RULE.