I was always wondering how a European so-called think-tank such as the International Crisis Group (ICG) could be coming up with such ridiculously shallow, inaccurate and worthless reports on Cyprus; in spite and regardless of the fact that it (ICG) may most likely be in the service of one-sided, conservative Anglo-American global interests, aiming to favor Turkey’s EU path.
The answer came yesterday, after reading in Turkish Zaman an interview of Hugh Pope, one of the key masterminds and “analysts” behind the reports of this ICG on Cyprus.
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detay ... ink=146169
You may read just one paragraph from this interview, and see in what fantasy land this person, Hugh Pope, is living into, and how twisted and distorted his knowledge is about the realities in the RoC and among the GC community.
Zaman:
What would have happened if someone had supported the Annan plan when Papadopoulos was in office?
Hugh Pope:
If you opposed Papadopoulos -- especially on the Annan plan -- you could have expected harassment in courts, vilification in the media and maybe even have your telephone bugged. If you were someone campaigning for the Annan plan, you were scared. Papadopoulos swayed public opinion. He said it was not a good plan. But in the four years after 2004, Greek Cypriots saw that none of Papadopoulos’ promises came true. The Turkish Cypriot side was becoming slightly stronger, not weaker.
What this idiot is basically trying to say, is that the 76% Greek Cypriot “No” to the Anan plan came only because Papadopoulos threatened, frightened and terrorized the GC public, and not because the GC side found the plan to be unfair and inadequate! The message this joke of an analyst is trying to send is that, “now that Papadopoulos has gone, bring back the Anan plan and Christofias will pass it through the GCs!”
Of course, all of the above that he says are lies that exist only in the fantasy of not just misinformed but twisted minds too; however, this is not the issue. With people like Hugh Pope as “senior analysts” on Cyprus for this ICG, no wonder this group’s reports on Cyprus are tantamount to Mickey Mouse ferry tails that cannot possibly be taken seriously.
