This is nonsense. Of course the plan is to save Greece by turning it into a productive, normal European state, so it can eventually pay back the money that was

This is nonsense. Of course the plan is to save Greece by turning it into a productive, normal European state, so it can eventually pay back the money that was lent to it. However, this is unlikely, and it is also important to avoid a contagion via bank defaults, when Greece's debt will finally be written of -- of course everybody knows that Greece is bankrupt.