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To: greenspirit who wrote (172337)7/4/2006 11:09:48 AM
From: Constant Reader  Read Replies (1) of 793731
 
These measures have been put in place, largely because of one incident that happened five years ago. A sailor broke into an elderly ladies house, was caught by the lady in her home. He ran out of the house with her purse and in the process pushed her down. She broke her leg falling.

That would be considered a serious crime in any country, no matter who the perpetrator was.

The press in Greece, which is extremely negative toward the American military, went on a field day publicizing the event.

Are you surprised by that? It is, after all, an extremely unusual occurrence. Resentment against the presence of American bases and/or ships can be found in just about every country (including neighbors of same within our own country, by the way). Are you suggesting that someone should have censored the Greek press? Who has the power to do that?

The perpetuator got 5 years in a Greece cell.

As well he should have. "Can't do the time? Don't do the crime."

This incident and other more minor infractions, caused leadership to clamp down on liberty out of fear of losing the strategically important facilities in Greece.

I don't understand your point here. As you say, this is an operational decision made by the military brass, not by others.
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