There is an urgent need to de-escalate military operations following the reckless shooting down of Iranian missiles by Greek Patriot missiles in Saudi Arabia

The interception of Iranian ballistic missiles by Greek Patriot missiles in Saudi Arabia – which Defence Minister Nikos Dendias proudly confirmed – dispels the last remaining illusion regarding Greece’s “non-involvement” in the criminal war declared on Iran by Israel and the United States.

At a time when even servile and submissive Europe is searching for a fig leaf to show that it is not immediately complying with the demands of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu in the Strait of Hormuz, the Greek government faithfully follows the disastrous “Kotzias doctrine” regarding a strategic alliance with Israel. This doctrine, which has been faithfully followed by both the Alexis Tsipras and Kyriakos Mitsotakis governments, is not only completely unethical – as it whitewashes Israel’s genocidal actions – but also poses a mortal danger to the country’s security.

In fact, Dendias asserted that the interception of missiles by Greek Patriot systems in Saudi Arabia safeguards our standard of living in Europe, leaving us to wonder whether this is sheer audacity or ignorance.

But we expected nothing different from the Defence Minister who, just a few months ago, complained that we Europeans do not have it in our culture to receive coffins draped with the European Union flag.

The reckless games the Mitsotakis government is playing in the Middle East are pushing the country away from the safe ground of international law and, for the first time in modern history, making it a potential target.

This government is dangerous, and we must do whatever it takes to get rid of it. We demand that the country immediately withdraw from military operations against Iran and that the U.S. bases in Souda be closed.

We call for a broad anti-war movement to oust this disastrous government and secure peace for the country.

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