This Is What a Sellout Looks Like

Below Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and IMF chief Christine Lagarde, after a deal was reached between eurozone banksters and the new Greek government.

FT puts things in perspective:

The decision to request an extension of the current programme is a significant U-turn for Mr. Tsipras [the new Greek prime minister], who had promised in his election campaign to kill the existing bailout.

It also leaves the IMF and EU institutions — the European Central Bank and European Commission — in control of evaluating Greece’s economic reform measures and the disbursement of bailout funds, despite Mr Tsipras’ vow to rid Greece of the hated “troika” of bailout monitors.

 --RW