Much to my surprise, it took three days for Greek media to 'turn it around' and declare a win after they lost the ICJ ruling! Normally Athens needs few hours to take a loss, twist it around and make it a ‘win’.

And what a win it was. Out of the five strong attorney team on the Greek side, only one stumbled into the Courtroom to hear the verdict. The rest didn't bother, already knew the outcome.

Greek dailies Eleftherotypia and Ta Nea were strong proponents and base this "win" on the fact that the Court did not specifically state that Greece cannot veto Macedonia’s entrance into international organizations in the future. The Court also did not state Greece is forbidden to apply for more Bailout money, it even did not state each household must open an account with Goldman Sachs. 

The reason for this is simple: that's not what the lawsuit was about.

You rarely see someone celebrate something that wasn't stated, but if someone will, it would be Greece's Government controlled media! 

In reality, the ICJ did not instruct Greece not to veto Macedonia again because it stated the interim accord (Agreement) itself has forbidden Greece to veto Macedonia!

The ICJ didn’t say ‘you broke the Accord and you are welcome to veto again’ which is outside the realm of logic. They ICJ stated ‘Greece broke the Accord and the Accord explicitly states you cannot veto’ so there is no need for the ICJ to emphasize the obvious “don’t break Agreements you sign at the UN”.

Someone with common sense in their posession will understand this.

Understandably, Greece is nursing their pride after being embarrassed by a 15-1 vote. This also raises questions among European nations particularly (Sweden, Germany, Finland) who have aksed Greece to sign additional documents in order to get bailout money. However, the ICJ just showed these countries, Greece is not someone you can trust, even when they do sign official Agreements. This would explain why Finland is hand picking Greek islands in order to lend money.

Perhaps it is a good thing to think like the Greek media.

I just wished the Macedonian Football Federation used Greek logic for once and tells us: Macedonia lost 2-0, however this is less than the previous loss of 5-1, therefore it is a WIN for us. But, they can't tell us such thing, they know we are smarter than that. // Gorazd Velkovski

	1. 09-12-2011 22:31
	Greece is bound by the 1995 agreement.Thas is why does not states in the ICJ announcement.  Greeks are dillussionar.No wonder you are in this financial mess. Guest

Peter

	2. 10-12-2011 01:51
	You know what Greece is to the EU, well actually to Germany?  Nice access to the Mediterranean. That's it. Guest

Joe, the III

	3. 09-12-2011 06:11
	The world is waking up to Who the Greeks are and what the agenda is behind the whole name dispute. They spent hundreds of billions of euro on changing the school history books to what they wanted them to read. Too bad only their own children have read them and now there is a generation of uneducated riot kids. God bless those dumb souls! Guest

Aleksander

	4. 09-12-2011 05:28
	Italian joke Italian with a gun , one bullet , a greek and a wolf ,  Now who would you shoot ?  The Greek because you can fight eye to eye with the wolf Guest

Tony G

	5. 09-12-2011 04:23
	Italian joke I agree with the article. Never trust a Greek. The whole of Europe can see that now with what have been doing. They are like that here in Australia! Guest

Biljana

	6. 08-12-2011 22:39
	Surprised, serious? The modern Greeks also think they are direct descendants of Aleksandar Makedonski and pure blooded at that. They also believe they are not to blame for borrowing from the world and don’t need to repay the world because it is their dividend for inventing democracy, which by the way was a voting system proposed to overcome an impass to kill all the sub-humans to the north, the Macedonians and now they are all Macedonians. Guest

Dude

	7. 08-12-2011 20:56
	Spot ON! Gorazd, as usual, with a nice doze of sarcasm and spot on!!!! Guest

NovaKMK

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