miltiades wrote:Get Real! wrote:miltiades wrote:Forget the adrenalin rush , concentrate for a few moments on the blood rush , the pain and the suffering , our young men dying in a war that can never achieve the desired result , this result is the liberation of the occupied lands , defeat of Turkey militarily and dealing with our T/C compatriots .
So when is one’s homeland worth dying for Miltiades? When the odds are stacked up in one’s favor?
Firstly let me tell you we are not suicide killers , we are Cypriots and we consider FIGHTING for our country much more productive than becoming a corpse. Those that think dying for their country is a privilege are the f..ng idiots who blow themselves up in order that they enter paradise.
I would fight for my country in order to defend my nation and my people .
My nation is Cyprus and my people are all the Cypriot people , G/Cs and Turkish Cypriots , however let me spell it out. If Turkey was to invade the free part of Cyprus right now then I would be one of the first to join the armed forces of the ROC and even at the age of 62 ( I was 62 yesterday ) would join the fight against the enemy.
However the current events dictate that reconciliation and understanding is more needed that a bloody war. The T/Cs are my people. Those that know me well can understand my sentiments , those that dont will just have to make their own mind up.
I do not consider that fighting against the T/Cs equates with fighting for my country since the T/Cs also consider Cyprus to be their country.
When more Miltiades , Birs , Halils , Icemans and Bananiots emerge then the chances of a peaceful resolution will increase tenfold.
Remember I opposed the AP so my views are consistent not influenced by who likes me and who doesn't.
bravo re yiatrae !, ...this is why I hug you and Kiss you.
