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Yes, Greece isn't blameless but

Let's not forget the Germany and France were the first to break the Euro's rules and the rule were changed so they weren't fined.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16761087

When you let anger and resentment dictate your policy, yes you're being irrational, by definition.

It was like 7 years ago. Now there's a difficult situation (a debt realistically impossible to pay) and different people in charge (not thieves and Goldman Sachs anymore [1]). Let's focus on viable solutions.

[1] http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/greek-debt-crisis...

Don't get me wrong, the EU had every right to be angry, it's just preferable that the people in charge of billions of euros and the well being of millions don't pursue tacit vendettas in lieu of good fiscal policy, which is the point made in the referenced article.

Nothing was "discovered"; the rest of the Eurozone knew it all along that Greek figures were fantasy since the very moment they entered the EU.

Greece actually didn't enter EU; they joined EEC in 1981 and EEC then transformed into EC and EU.