GREECE-RUSSIA SUCKER PUNCH THE EU?

Donald Hank writes:

I had just come short of predicting that Tsipras and Putin were hatching a plan and that this explained the Greek hedging on whether to pay that loan and abide by the Troika’s demands or not.
For those who missed it, this is the commentary I wrote:
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hank/150623

It turns out I wasn’t the only one thinking along these lines:
http://russia-insider.com/en/will-greece-be-first-brics-customer/ri8542?utm_source=Russia+Insider+Daily+Headlines&utm_campaign=c9b81827e5-Russia_Insider_Daily_Headlines11_21_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c626db089c-c9b81827e5-179866425&ct=t(Russia_Insider_Daily_Headlines11_21_2014)

The only part I would quibble with is this:

“If Tsipras manages to make this work—pull a BRICS NDB rug out from under the feet of the troika—he will be on the way to being one of the most formidable poker players that Europe has recently seen.”

I don’t know why Karen Szymczak assumes Tsipras would be behind this move. It has Putin’s fingerprints all over it.

Putin loves to pull surprises on the Western elites, who have boasted of creating chaos to exploit for their dirty purposes (like Putin's new cozy relationship with the Saudis, the wild success of the AIIB luring away US allies by the droves, the new surprise pipeline that will make Germany the new natural gas hub for Europe instead of Ukraine – which is scheduled to have its gas deliveries shut off just in time for the Ukraine to default, oh, right after the Greek default, and need an EU bailout, etc, etc. Did someone say “sanctions”? Make that reverse sanctions, please).

There is one world leader capable of turning the tables on these control freaks who have made a fun pastime out of bankrupting countries to turn them into debt slaves. It couldn’t have happened to a bunch of nicer guys! LOL.

Don Hank