Birkibrisli wrote:Most of us are too scared to acknowledge that empathy and compassion ,not fear and resentment and insults and hatred,are the only way forward....Most of us are too happy to see the status quo continue,because what you are familier with ,however imperfect,feels more right,secure and comfortable...
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Totally agree with you Bir.
The sad part of the whole Cyprus problem at the present time is, that it is the TC's who are losing out from prospering while the status quo continues, just because it fits perfectly well with some who are able to dictate for the rest, that what they have now is better than a Unified Cyprus, or at the very least, is to keep hanging in there with the present situation until Partition and full Recognition that may come sometime in the future. When in the future no one knows ofcourse, if ever, but the RoC is just moving forward with every passing year developing further and further ahead of the TC's economically and politically which strengthens their position against the TC's in future negotiations for a settlement. AP rejection by the RoC was a prime example, because they were able to say NO from point of "strength and not weakness". This factor will only get stronger and stronger for the GC's as they benefit greater by being in the EU, while the TC's wait for Partition and Recognition to play catch up sometime in the future.
We TC's do have various concerns in a Unified Cyprus, and no one denies these claims, but what disappoints me the most is, Talat is able to call off a meeting arranged with PapaD under the July 8th agreement which both parties agreed to attend, but did not, over a stupid football game, regardless whether or not these meetings would have produced any results. It just furthered the status quo, further. Perhaps TC's believe that by having 40,000 Turkish Troops and holding on to the 37% of Cyprus gives us the advantage to negotiate through "strength" over the RoC's economical and political strength. To be honest, I don't know which one is more right than the other, but what is very clear to me is, that the RoC is gaining economical and political strength every passing minute, while the TC's are just gaining more time in the "
hopes" of achieving our own independent state.
If the TC's cannot put on a friendly game of football without the authorization of the RoC, just exactly what is it that we can do politically to become a "independent state", other than wait for the world to ignore the international rules that they want to be governed by, so that they can help us. In the meantime, the status quo remains for the TC's and greater gains for the RoC.
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