BlueNoseDave wrote:,.. Phoenix, Agression never wins in the long run, Cyprus is in the real world ONE Island, it is not Turkish or a part of Greece. For both communities to move forword there has to be strong leadership towords compromise that is the message nothing else, as for predujiuce you get that in every society and country in the planet, it takes individules to get over that NOT governments. Partion has never been the answer there is so many examples all over the world, all that dose is breed conflict. Cyprus is no diffrent.
BND
I do not advocate Aggression.
Instead I take great pride in Cyprus' clean record on never having initiated an offensive attack on any Nation. Any comparisons I may have made between the RoC and the Ireland situation where to draw a contrast to the fact that the RoC has NOT generated terrorist groups like the IRA to fight its cause but has persisted in looking for Diplomatic resolutions. This I applaud.
But I do think there are some parallels between the two disputes. In my scenario I see the U.K. (possibly just England) as equivalent to Turkey who invaded a neighbouring country and stayed for hundreds of years, dividing the island into two. Controlling the North from afar and filling it with Protestants (c.f. illegal settlers).
True also is the fact that a resolution is fast on its way for Ireland because it has joined the EU. Protestants have been leaving for the U.K. and the demographics are now such that, for the first time, the majority in Northern Ireland want re-unification . . . which is due to materialise in the next decade.
It is perhaps foresight by Turkey that it is transporting its people from Anatolia to the occupied section to keep its hold there. This practice is recognised as an illegal act and will be rectified when the time comes (shortly) for Cyprus to re-unify and rightfully be fully governed and administered by the RoC.
It perhaps may be the guilt that the U.K. feels due to its similarity to the aggressor nation, Turkey, that it has not been the true friend to the Cyprus Problem that it could and should have been.
