And they have the Obama administration and the rest of the so-called "international community" right where such strategically minded folks with a gift for besting their interlocutors want them: Talking, seemingly endlessly.
While Greece dominates headlines with a 12.7% budget deficit and a 300 billion euro debt (as of early March 2010), the rest of the so-called PIIGS countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain) wallow in high debt levels as well, triggering further alarm about the future of the European Union.
While some philanthropists rest on their laurels and the so-called conventional wisdom of business, entrepreneurial philanthropists are making positive impacts at large without restriction nor myopic thinking.