Greece Buys Weapons From Israel: 'Security' for Whom?
Greece, having just emerged from a devastating debt crisis in 2018, plans to spend 28 billion euros ($33 billion) by 2036 on military modernization. Their priority? Israeli anti-aircraft and artillery systems, according to Al-Monitor. (Because what better investment for a nation struggling with economic recovery than more tools of war?) It's a tale as old as time: economic austerity for the
people, lavish military spending for the state, often from merchants of death in perpetual 'self-defense' mode. This 'modernization' via Israeli arms, fresh from their latest 'operations', conveniently bypasses any critical look at how Israel's arms industry benefits from prolonged conflict. One might wonder if the systems are 'battle-tested' or simply... regularly used against civilian
populations. (A feature, not a bug, for some buyers perhaps?) It’s almost as if some countries are eager to outsource their defense industrial complex to those with the most 'experience' in asymmetrical warfare. How much 'peace' does a 28-billion-euro shopping spree buy, especially when sourced from a conflict exporter?