miltiades wrote:Viewpoint wrote:miltiades wrote:Viewpoint wrote:At the current juncture what difference does having 40.000 or 100.000 soldiers, the GCs rejected reducing these to a symbolic 650 that shows you that they are not interested in the other parts of an agreement they only part they want is to get rid of our safeguards, I would hate to imagine the mayhem if the Turkish army left tomorrow without an agreement, we would be mincemeat overnight.
Then so would I because I would not stand by and watch my compatriots being butchered !!! I wonder what the EU would make of it !!
The same as what they made of the slaughter in Bosnia, they did nothing we do not want to take that chance, I am sure you can understand why we need definate safety measure to ensure that neither side is put in danger.
I entirely agree that no Cypriot should feel threatened and that is one major reason I opposed the AP which gave Turkey the right to intervene anywhere in Cyprus and without any guarantees that she would abide by her commitments and reduce the presence of the Turkish army in Cyprus.
We need external guarantees and those must come not from Turkey , Greece or Britain but from Europe and the UN.
Does the EU have an army to intervene in times of crisis, how many veto do the countries on the UN security council have? Russia would block any immediate actions if all heel broke loose and could delay taking action unitl it was to late. Who are we to trust if Turkey is not around?