Peter Kostopoulos Quotes
In ancient Greece, a crisis was a period of judgment. It’s healthy for a country to go through a crisis.
Peter Kostopoulos, Greek Publisher, Quoted in Odysseus, March/April 1996
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Much depends on the culture of the people and the power of the rulers. In Pakistan, corruption and one disaster after another occurs and neither the government nor the army—the two ruling elites—does little or nothing to help the people, yet they retain their power and support of the majority of the population. The Palestinians have been led by the PLO, Hamas, and Hezbollah, and with each decision the elite rulers make, the Israeli’s obtain more territory than they were willing to settle for earlier, the standard of living of the Palestinians degrades, their employment prospects deteriorates, and their humiliation becomes greater. Yet, the elites maintain their power.
The incident to which he referred was Islamic extremist terrorists attacking with assault weapons a group of unarmed tourists killing over 30. Tunisia, although it has a large majority Muslim population, became a secular republic after its Arab Spring revolution. Tunisia's economy is dependent on tourism, which is diminished by the fear of more terrorist attacks.
After Rudolf Hess was found missing, Hitler and others presumed he had become mentally instable and had been seeking a peace agreement with the Allies.
