James Belias

Stop! 🛑 I’m asking you to take the time and read this post below, it matters in today’s modern politics. Today is October 28th. OXI Day. 🇬🇷 On this day in 1940, as Europe folded one by one, the Axis war machine demanded Greece surrender its borders. Greece looked them in the eye and said one word: ΟΧΙ. (NO.) ✋ Wait, don’t leave, this is a long post, but I wrote it for you, conservative America. I’m going to take this moment to not only talk about heroism, but to make sure people understand who Greece is. In a time of conflict and questioning international allies, as one of the most popular Greek Americans on this app, I need you to understand who Greece is as an ally to you, the American. You’re my reader. I am you, I was born and raised in the USA, but you need to know who they are. For me, this isn’t just a history book. It’s literally my family’s villages in Epirus that the Axis walked through. They met steel and felt the wrath of the Greeks. My grandfather was taken hostage, his sister raped, my grandmother hid with the children and attacked from the darkness. Today, when clowns online actually ask "did the good guys win WWII?" Remember what Hitler said about the Greeks. Before the war, the Nazis thought modern Greek DNA was outcast and diluted after 400 years under the Ottomans, and that we weren’t special anymore. Hitler forgot the warrior gene still left in Greece. After Greece crushed Mussolini’s invasion and held out for 219 days (France fell in 43), Hitler wrote that the Greeks fought "like the heroes of ancient Hellas" and told the Reichstag on May 4, 1941: "For the sake of historical truth, I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard for death." As Churchill said: "Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks." In a way, Greece was one of the biggest winners of WWII. Under 400 years of Ottoman rule, Europe forgot us. Most people don’t know how barbaric the Greeks had to become to slaughter and remove the Muslims from our country to take our homeland back. That was the same DNA. Then we stood up in WWII, held back Nazi Germany stronger than any European country, and broadcast our heroism to the world. And for those still stuck on that stupid "Grexit" nonsense, wake up! Greece’s economy is booming and one of the strongest in Europe. Greece’s military is far stronger than people assume, spending over 3% of GDP on defense. Greece is America’s best and strongest ally. 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 One owns the great real estate on earth, one that doesn’t ask for favors and doesn’t infiltrate politics, but does its job because Greeks know who the king of the world is. There are only 1.2 million of us in America (under 0.4% of the country). Yet EVERYBODY knows a Greek, everybody has a great story about a Greek, and you will hardly ever find anybody talking bad about a Greek. The best people, the best hospitality, the best food, the best hearts. Contractors, restaurant owners, attorneys, builders. We are only 2-3 generations deep in America, you would never know it cause of hell we assimilate, and we’ve already established more with less than anybody. World War II was the moment everybody remembered who the hell the Greeks are, the people the UK and Europe forgot. And I want you to know and remember that, because we’re only just getting started. As one of the only nations taking a stance in Europe against barbarians, we were the last to expel them, now you bringing them back in. A nation with a cross on its flag. 🇬🇷🇺🇸☦️