Bananiot wrote:I know you are unhistorical EPSILON and you do not have to stress the point all the time. Had you read history (not the kind they teach you at schools) you would know that in Greece the political leadership across the spectrum, was against the armed struggle for some important and valid reasons. Makarios was given the thumbs down everytime he asked for Greek support. Even earlier, Eleftherios Venizelos messaged the leaders of the October so called uprising "I would tell the press people to condemn the uprising, not the British because nothing good can come out of the uprising. No sane man can imagine that anything good can come out of these actions and that GB will be forced to implement the aspirations of the Greeks of Cyprus". You see EPSILON, even in those times there were visionary people who could see beyond their nose.
In 1950, the Mayor of Nicosia visited George Papandreou asking for the support of Greece, to internationalise the Cyprus issue by taking it to the UN. "Greece breaths today with two lungs, one English and one American" was the answer of Papandreou. Do not ask me to suffocate my country. He did not need hindsight either, EPSILON.
Later on, in 1951, Makarios went to Plastiras, Prime Minister at the time. Here is the answer he got "If you came to my humble hut and asked me to fight for Cyprus I would gladly do it, for I am a soldier. However, you come to the office of the Prime Minister and you ask me to burn Greece without being in a position to help Cyprus". That was another man that needed no hindsight to understand the dangers of a stupid and dangerous policy that we were about to embark on. Are you getting the drift EPSILON?
To its credit, Akel forsaw the dangers of the armed struggle that started in 1955, contrary to the wishes of Greece and warned of them. Enlighted people of the right also understood the dangers. Spiridakis for example was such a person who needed only common sense to understand that the armed struggle was leading Cyprus astray. Of course, many Greek Cypriots who suggested a different type of struggle, were quickly pronounced as traitors and a number of them murdered in cold blood.
Now, I will have my banana and live you ponder, not expecting anything from you EPSILON, other than cretin rantings from a brainless "patriot".
Fair enough. What you stated above is all real facts.
However , just imagine, 500 years you to be under occupation of Ottomans and then British. Suddently the occupator promise you freedom if you sent your sons to fight for its empire against Hitler. (Hitler never invated Cyprus but there are so many Gcs dead during war ii). Wining the war the occupator telling you, fuck off, i was lying on you, you was just stupid believing to me.
My friend, someone said, a team of people can be trators, terrorists,thieves etc etc but a whole country can not be such a thing.And Cyprus 1955-1959 was fighting in its majority against the British.The today's Cyprus problem is based on the real also fact that some peole and countries decided to guide a whole society to a different direction of its dreams.In those included Turks, British, Makarios and Akel.
