 Complete the following phrase:  Commissioner Sørensen believed the Committee of Ministers actions had resulted in a lost opportunity by playing the threat of expulsion too soon and closed off the possibility of a solution under Article 32 and the Commissions recommendations. He argued that Greeces economic dependence on the EC and its military dependence on the United States could have been leveraged to bring the regime around, which was impossible once Greece left the Council of Europe. Although conceding the report was a pyrrhic victory, Pedaliu argues that Sørensens view fails to appreciate the fact that the Greek regime was never willing to curtail its human rights violations. The case stripped the junta of international legitimacy and contributed to Greeces increasing international isolation. Such isolation may have contributed to the juntas difficulties in effective government; it was unable to respond to the 