To the chagrin of European Union negotiators, the Greek government of Prime Minister George Papandreou decided to ask the Greek public to give its yea or nay regarding the terms of the European Union’s latest bailout agreement. Three days later, under intense political pressure, he canceled the referendum.

That’s bad news, for Europe, for Greece, and for peace.

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