Lyndon Johnson put the modern "greeks" in their rightful place

[TrueMacedonian]

http://www.haroldpinter.org/politics/houseofcommonsspeech.html

Bullying is of course a time honoured American tradition. In 1965 Lyndon Johnson said to the Greek Ambassador to the US: "Fuck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea. Greece is a flea. If these two fellows continue itching the elephant they may just get whacked by the elephants trunk, whacked good".

He meant what he said. Shortly afterwards the Colonels, supported by the United States, took over and the Greek people spent seven years in hell.

I find this extremely amusing for some strange reason

[makedonche]

TM
When I first heard this quote it made me laugh, until I thought about the consequences, of sending the Colonel's in, to the Macedonians living there, still I suppose it shows the extraordinary influence the US can have.