Ed Huntress wrote:
Greece could pay its debt -- if it wanted to, in the opinion of many
experts. That's what has the Germans so hopping mad:

Why should Greece want to?

They're not stupid. They know the Germans
greater debt makes Germans richer. Why should
the Greeks impoverish themselves by doing what
Germans won't do because Germans also don't want to.
Neither the Greeks or the Germans want to
become poorer by paying down their national debt.