Brinkmanship
Keeping Greece in the euro may have nothing to do with finances
By Maria Petrakis
A bronze statue of Harry S. Truman stands unguarded in the side of a busy Athens road, a reminder of Greece's post-World War II position as a strategic bulwark for the U.S. and Europe.
If euro-area policy makers overcome their frustration over Greek financial brinkmanship and cough up more aid, it will be in no small part because of that role.