It was not even clear that the help Greece needed should be labeled a bailout: while the funds given to financial institutions like AIG were unlikely to be recouped, a loan to Greece at a reasonable interest rate would likely be repaid.
Para muchos, tanto dentro como fuera de Grecia, era una situación peculiar: se habían invertido miles de millones en salvar a los grandes bancos, pero evidentemente salvar a un país de once millones de personas era un tabú.