Five years and 3 bailouts later, it's amazing that the leaders in Europe haven't made any progress in this long and painful odyssey of pulling Greece out from hell. Everyone had their fair share of blame. The latest instalment this year from May-Jul 2015 started with Alexis Tsipras, the Greek PM who thought that he was King Leonidas, went to the negotiating table with the European Union (EU) demanding money and yet promising no reforms. Essentially reminiscing the unforgettable scene from the comic based comical epic movie: 300, released in 2006.
This is Sparta!
For the un-initiated, the scene was about how a Messenger from Persia came to negotiate with King Leonidas of Sparta, that if he was willing to be subjected to the rule of Persia and the god-king Xerxes, his country will be spared from bloodshed. King Leonidas refused to kowtow and bellowed the famous words, "THIS ...