The ring of fire
This piece starts out 30,000 feet above greek ground. The now infamous satellite picture of the flames raging is literally recreated in front of my eyes, and the combination of “Indian in Me” by Cobblestone Jazz playing in my headphones renders it even more horrendous. Now that I am back, and that everyone wonders what the “hell” happened to their country this summer, during which 66 people have lost their lives, theories (conspiracy and others) have emerged… and I question… Someone told me the other day “you know Greg, there are always fires BEFORE election period…”, some kind of rule of law which in my head sounded like “there are always fights between supporters AFTER an Italian football game”. What do I know? Indeed Prime Minister Karamanlis has decided on August 15th to call for early elections, initially scheduled to take place in March 08’. Even though many analysts had predicted this very “strategic” move a long time ago, everybody seemed surprised and the MP’s were called bac...