Apparently, all it takes is a name to piss off the Greeks:
The president expressed regret that NATO also declined to offer full membership at this meeting to Macedonia. The invitation was blocked by Greece, which says the country's name implies a territorial claim to its northern region, also called Macedonia."Macedonia's made difficult reforms at home," Bush said. "It is making major contributions to NATO missions abroad. The name issue needs to be resolved quickly so that Macedonia can be welcomed into NATO as soon as possible."
Washington State has the same name as Washington DC, and sometimes it's pretty fucking confusion, but that didn't stop Americans from welcoming the state into the union.
Former Soviet Georgia and the US State of Georgia have the same name. Do you see the Americans blocking them from NATO?
Just drop it, Greece.
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weird. When I saw that story, the first thing I thought was, "this is how it starts. one minute they join NATO, next thing they take over the whole mediterranean and parts of africa."
Literally, that's the first thing I thought and it's not too far off from the Greeks.
Unrelatedly, I was also thinking earlier, how many couples are there where one person is Indian from India and the other is An aboriginal American also known as Indian.
Posted by Caleb | April 3, 2008 11:50 AM
Posted on April 3, 2008 11:50