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The post touches the subject of Greece having to send its weapons to Ukraine. It is important to note that the EU has paid for a lot of Turkey's military equipment both directly and undirectly, meanwhile Turkey has threatened Greece and Cyprus numerous times, proving that Greece and Cyprus need all the weapons they could muster. Greece has increased its spending in the military sector due to growing threats from Turkey, which pleased NATO and prompted a wave of proposals for frigates and jets not too long ago

Not only that, but supplying Ukraine with weapons breaks Greece and any other country's neutrality in the conflict as despite not having troops directly fighting against Russia, supplying weapons leads to the perpetuation and maintenance of the conflict (the arguments for whoever started it does not fit in the context since its about contributing instead of being neutral)

Most Greeks have already realized that they would be alone in case Turkey tries to invade, sadly, the Greek population is almost completely unarmed and the ones who have weapons only possess old shotguns or handguns. France has signed a Mutual Defense Treaty with Greece in 2020, but for the most part, the EU has never given proper consideration for the fact that one of its member states was being threatened by a country mostly funded by the EU

So in simple terms, sending even a bullet to Ukraine, when Greece and Greeks know for a fact that the EU will not help them properly when time comes is extremely foolish. If Greece was granted large discounts for the purchase of modern weapons from NATO partners, then it would be an interesting idea since Greece would be able to replenish its supplies instead of simply losing its defenses in the name of emotion

The Greek Government and any other government should prioritize its people first. Helping Ukraine would be great, but not if it puts your own people at risk such as many are doing. Greece still has to deal with the massive influx of illegal immigrants which cost hundreds of millions of Euros every year which are not paid for with EU money.

In this sense, American bases and American usage of Greek bases is not bad and sometimes beneficial since the U.S has several times donated Armored Vehicles (Link) and boats formerly used by U.S special forces to Greece (Link). As stated before, the U.S has been doing more for Greece than the EU has, even if the U.S might be benefitting more from such cooperation, its still a lot more than the EU has done these past 2 years (2020 Evros crisis until now)

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