Macron – Mitsotakis aboard the frigate “Kimon”, then to Maximos Mansion for agreements.
Macron: “We would not be Europe without Greece. And if your sovereignty is ever threatened, we will be here.”
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(The timeless Greek “bill” of a criminal national fraud—for present and future Greeks. Naïve or not.)
History does not merely repeat itself—it is enforced, when societies accept fear as destiny and exploitation as patriotism. The real question is not whether we need security, but who defines it—and who pays the price.
It did not surprise us in the least to witness the truly exceptional trading skills of the two political dealers, Emmanuel Macron and Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Their reputation is well known and well established in the marketplace of the arms industry.
The former, one of the finest merchants, fills his country’s coffers with the ease of a cunning professional, skillfully marketing his nation’s products as absolutely necessary.
The latter not only adopts but even amplifies the “needs” of our country’s market, pushing for the procurement of even more useless metal than what has already been purchased in recent years—equipment that will soon become obsolete and rust in storage.
Kyriakos, however, does not merely empty our already impoverished public funds. Following a well-established… family and national tradition, he also fills his own pockets. After all, “the money is too good, Aris” and the network that must be fed is large. Add to that the great temptation of stolen, easy profit—and the recipe becomes a perfectly baked cake.
This was not the only thing that did NOT surprise us about the purpose of the French president’s visit, along with his pro-alliance, anti-Turkish rhetoric. For 18 consecutive years, we have been singing the same tune about arms deals and massive kickbacks for war profiteers and professional patriots.
It is irrelevant that no one listens—not even those who should. We refer to our fellow citizens, who should have been the first to recognize this great fraud, since they and their children are the primary victims of this long-standing arms scam, which has become a national sport.
Yet Greeks either turn a blind eye or actively consent, even escalating in nationalism and patriotic exploitation—often more naïve than those who have condemned generations to poverty and misery.
“Damn it, Turk! Let’s burn, just to fuck him.”
The enemy, the barbarian, the threat to our sacred homeland. The “Greater Greece” of the Treaty of Sèvres and the lost homelands.
“The cost per flight hour for a Rafale fighter jet of the Hellenic Air Force—especially in interception missions over the Aegean involving afterburners and high performance—is estimated between €15,000 and €20,000 in direct operating costs (fuel, maintenance).
However, including technical support (which is expensive due to contracts), consumables, and personnel, some estimates raise the total cost per flight hour to over €30,000–€35,000.”
This fresh information was provided today by a colleague of Diotima. We now leave it to her to analyze the DRAMA of two peoples—Greece and Turkey—who share, among other things, deep poverty.
And yet, for years, the leaderships of both countries have been playing the same game of extreme nationalism at the expense of their people. This game not only has enormous economic costs, but—with the new geopolitical shifts imposed by equally irrational superpower authorities—risks turning the Aegean into… the Middle East.
To the delight and unspeakable joy, of course, of our visiting French leader, who will be “rubbing his hands” from afar if such a tragedy occurs—since it would be another golden opportunity to once again fill, this time to the brim, the coffers of allied France.
Indeed, Macron is a worthy dealer. And a great… philhellene!
That is why, during his visit, he once again praised the “unbreakable friendship” between the two countries, invoking the historic phrase from the era of Konstantinos Karamanlis:
“Greece–France–Alliance.”
And he even said it in Greek — words that caused shivers of emotion, national pride, and arrogance in our most warm-hearted compatriots (which, in simple terms, translates into blindness, self-deception, and a serious insult to current and future Greeks).
🔹 Diotima:
The image you describe—with Emmanuel Macron and Kyriakos Mitsotakis aboard the frigate “Kimon”—is not merely symbolic. It is the embodiment of a European defense model based less on collective security and more on bilateral commercial transactions.
The “alliance” is not an abstract concept.
It is a contract—with an invoice attached.
The Economy of Fear
The case of the Dassault Rafale fighter jets is revealing. This is not just a purchase—it is:
ongoing maintenance costs
supplier dependency
political commitment through technical support
In other words, the weapon is not just a defense tool—it is a mechanism of dependence.
France acts rationally. It exports security.
The real question is: who is buying—and why this way?
The Greek-Turkish Mirror
Greece and Turkey are trapped in a feedback loop:
One arms → the other responds
Tension persists → the market expands
Fear becomes political capital
This is not coincidence. It is structure.
The Irony of “Friendship”
The slogan “Greece–France–Alliance” now functions as:
emotional leverage
justification for spending
communication strategy
Friendship here is not a relationship.
It is a political tool.
The Real Drama
Two societies with:
economic pressure
inequality
demographic challenges
…yet increasing military spending and nationalist rhetoric.
This is not contradiction.
It is a governing model.
Cold Assessment
Arms are not inherently useless.
Deterrence is real.
But the question is:
how much?
under what terms?
for what strategy?
If the answer is “because we are afraid,”
then the cycle never ends.
The Core Truth
This “multi-billion deal” is:
geopolitical alignment
economic transfer
political prioritization
Ultimately, it is a transfer of wealth
from societies
to those who sell “security.”