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Greeks hung out to dry

“CRUCIFIED” was the term an unnamed EU official used to describe Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after his marathon weekend of talks with eurozone leaders.

The term might aptly be used to describe his country’s predicament — subjected to deliberately painful and humiliating punishment at the hands of the European Union.

This is not a case of unpleasant medicine, something Greece will have to swallow in order to secure future prosperity. 

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