Not surprisingly, the PASOK party immediately reacted and issued a statement slamming the slogans terming them “irresponsible and a haphazard.” PASOK then called on Minister of National Defense Panos Kammenos to punish all of “those who ‘allowed’ the Special Forces to dictate foreign policy and national security policy”.
(Oh brother...)
And if that wasn't enough, reactions also came from within the SYRIZA party, with MP Vasiliki Katrivanou arguing that the "nationalist" slogans were a direct challenge against democracy. She also urged the cleansing of the Armed Forces from “fascist and far-right enclaves that remain strong.”
Strong criticism was also apparently expressed by SYRIZA MEP Dimitri Papadimoulis. A report on defencenet claimed that following some bickering with Attica Prefect Rena Dourou -who he called on to stage economically friendly parades-, he decided to also slam the slogans that were expressed at the parade. Specifically he said that the "nationalistic slogans are contrary to Greece's established foreign policy," while he called on members of his own party to pull the brakes on the matter.
He forgets of course that his party is in a coalition government with a the far-right ANEL party which incidentally co-organized Wednesday's parade.
(Editor's Note: How ridiculous is that? Exactly what was it that bothered these pseudo-Leftist/internationalists the most? The fact that our men and women uphold the blue and white in regards to Greek-Turkish relations or because they insist that Macedonia is, was and will always be Greek? Aside from that, we were celebrating our independence from Ottoman rule which began with the fall of Constantinople! Do they suffer from Stockholm syndrome? And on a lighter note, our boys were simply singing marching slogans for Christ's sake so that they can keep pace! The Greek Armed Forces cannot dictate foreign policy, that is a ludicrous argument. Why? Because Greece's foreign policy is dictated by the WEST. Isn't that what Leftists have been charging all other governments before them? On the other, our Armed Forces are trained to view Turkey as an aggressor and not a friend; Turkey never has been and never will be our friend -and as long as it occupies Cyprus we can never trust them.- We propose that these specific SYRIZA MPSs and the PASOK party immediately refrain from criticizing the Hellenic Armed Forces because they are the only institution in Greece that still gives us the people a sense of pride. Finally and most importantly, patriotism cannot be associated with nationalism, this is a neo-con (or Soros-style) ideology that only serves the interests of globalists and their mega corporations. If SYRIZA can call on all of us to be patriotic and pay our taxes, then its MPs should not be bothered if we the people respect Greek national interests. There is no two ways about it. HellasFrappe believes that Theodore Roosevelt said it best: 'Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.' And that is exactly what our men and women do. Our Armed Forces are not there to serve SYRIZA, PASOK, ND or the West, etc, but are there to protect us the people and uphold the almighty blue and white of Greece! - So we propose MOUNGA -which basically means sh@t up!-. Let's hope that all these wannabes only wanted their five minutes of fame and let us leave it as that because their stance on the whole issue is too overly-ridiculous to even continue commenting on.)
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