Nice try, Wall Street Journal

There I was, on an uneventful news crawl, when this turd rolled right out of the monitor and landed on my lap:

BY MARCUS WALKER

ATHENS—Two years after Europe bailed Greece out to protect the euro, the rescue has become a debacle that threatens to unravel the common currency.

Then they led me along for another paragraph before announcing that I'd have to subscribe before I could read any more.

Sorry WSJ. 

The teaser was enough to convince me that this was more typical stay-the-course bullshit from the Murdoch gnomes.

Hmm... where to start? 

"the rescue has become a debacle..."

Yes and no.

There are thousands of very well paid planners, analysts, strategists, advisors, consultants, and just plain twats in Brussels and every other European capital.

Well paid to read the tea leaves and prognosticate on the future.

They couldn't see this coming?

And we all know that the magical thinkers at the WSJ truly believe that when you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

And we also know that they believe that when that doesn't work, the only possible flaw in your strategy would be that you're not squeezing their balls hard enough.

Then there's that "two years" bit.

Those lazy Greeks have been bailed out every other week for the last two years...

I don't need to subscribe to the Wall Street Journal to know that.