Part 2/2 For Greece, the U.S presence is not as bad as it seem | /GBG/ - Greek Borders General

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For Greece, the U.S presence is not as bad as it seems. Sadly many ports in Greece were sold to China, including Piraeus. The EU also refuses to sanction Turkey which constantly threatens Greece and violates international law, because as it was said before, Turkey is Europe's china and sanctioning Turkey would directly affect Germany the most. American bases in Greece provide some (very small) sense of security that Europe otherwise does not provide and it can be noted by how much the Turkish government and media complain about it (Source here).

American influence varies a lot from region to region, it all depends on how much interest they have on something. If Europe had a lot of oil to be exported, the Americans would probably be doing some cold-war-era operations to topple governments. The largest effect of American influence in Europe is most likely the americanization and cultural decay of Europe

Lately with the Ukrainian war, cancel culture fueled politics has made the U.S demand that Europe does it's bidding, from demanding that "aid" be sent to Europe to demanding that countries send their military equipment FOR FREE to be used in Ukraine, in particular, Germany and the U.S have been pressuring Greece and Cyprus (Source here) to transfer their BMP-1's and air defense systems to Ukraine which would make Greece vulnerable to Turkey. Emotional arguments are being used to justify sending billions to Ukraine and even your own armaments and justify sanctions that have created a global crisis and might lead to a greater conflict

It is very hard to say who's worse. On one side it would be better to have only Europeans meddling in European affairs, ideally restricted to their own countries only, but it seems like if left to their own devices, Europeans would cause even more damage to themselves than they already are. A complete change in how the EU operates and how European society thinks would need to happen for U.S influence to be considered inherently bad