Its high time Greece faced up to her responsibilities…
Greece started the trouble on Cyprus…
“A coup d'état in Athens in November 1973 had made Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannides leader of the junta. Rigidly anticommunist, Ioannides had served on Cyprus in the 1960s with the National Guard. His experiences convinced him that Makarios should be removed from office because of domestic leftist support and his visits to communist capitals. During the spring of 1974, Cypriot intelligence found evidence that EOKA B was planning a coup and was being supplied, controlled, and funded by the military government in Athens. EOKA B was banned, but its operations continued underground. Early in July, Makarios wrote to the president of Greece demanding that the remaining 650 Greek officers assigned to the National Guard be withdrawn. He also accused the junta of plotting against his life and against the government of Cyprus. Makarios sent his letter (which was released to the public) to the Greek president on July 2, 1974; the reply came thirteen days later, not in the form of a letter but in an order from Athens to the Cypriot National Guard to overthrow its commander in chief and take control of the island.”
http://countrystudies.us/cyprus/15.htm
…yet they were never prepared to militarily confront Turkey despite clear warnings from all that their maneuvers were nothing short of catastrophic, so what was the point of this stupidity which ended up enslaving 37% of Cypriot territory?
These spineless cowards made a complete mess of Cyprus and run away as if nothing had happened and three decades on Greece now even pretends that there’s no problem on Cyprus and has even started parlaying with Turkey to safeguard “her” interests!
The Greek spineless cowards even had the audacity to endorse the AP which clearly partitioned Cyprus!
Its high time Greece faced up to her responsibilities by compensating the Cypriots for her stupidities as she has been let off the hook far too long.
Greece should therefore take ACTION to undo the trouble she has caused on Cyprus by either…
1. Cede a suitable island to the Ottoman remnants to form their own state and call their own. (Being right next to Turkey and appropriately sized, Rhodes is a good potential home for the Turkish Cypriots.)
2. Liberate the enslaved territories of Cyprus NOW!
Enough is enough!