Cyprus-Forum.com

[DT.]

WC, what do you mean there is no dissent, of course we disagree at times. However that Greek general should be congratulated, he saved a lot of Greek and Turkish lives as well as a fair part of Greece itself.

With the firepower in favour of Greece at that time you would have been speaking Greek in downtown Constantinople now. The only way an invasion of Cyprus could have succeeded with Turkeys jalopy army was with a deal with the colonel's in Athens.

So please tell us DT, why did this General refuse to start the war against Turkey and what does exactly "I would rather fire towards Athens" mean please?

For an educated man you are incredibly naive DT.

We've held this discusson before and proven beyond doubt the miserable state the Turkish army was in and the fact that Greek firepower was superior.

What happened was a double crossing by the Turkish generals to the Greek idiots colonel's running Greece at the time and a complete state of panic during the transition from a dictatorship to a democracy.

It was a fluke, a lucky shot, the stars were alligned and your bunglng savages (when they weren't sinking themselves) made it onto the island.

What did the General mean by "I would rather fire towards Athens". Please don't give excuses. This is a military man, perfectly aware of his power and if you were aware of the Turkish power, than he must have been aswell. What did he mean?

It meant he was not taking orders from a govt that was 1 day old when those orders involved starting a war with its neighbour. He could have been a junta supporter.

[YFred]

WC, what do you mean there is no dissent, of course we disagree at times. However that Greek general should be congratulated, he saved a lot of Greek and Turkish lives as well as a fair part of Greece itself.

With the firepower in favour of Greece at that time you would have been speaking Greek in downtown Constantinople now. The only way an invasion of Cyprus could have succeeded with Turkeys jalopy army was with a deal with the colonel's in Athens.

So please tell us DT, why did this General refuse to start the war against Turkey and what does exactly "I would rather fire towards Athens" mean please?

For an educated man you are incredibly naive DT.

We've held this discusson before and proven beyond doubt the miserable state the Turkish army was in and the fact that Greek firepower was superior.

What happened was a double crossing by the Turkish generals to the Greek idiots colonel's running Greece at the time and a complete state of panic during the transition from a dictatorship to a democracy.

It was a fluke, a lucky shot, the stars were alligned and your bunglng savages (when they weren't sinking themselves) made it onto the island.

What did the General mean by "I would rather fire towards Athens". Please don't give excuses. This is a military man, perfectly aware of his power and if you were aware of the Turkish power, than he must have been aswell. What did he mean?

It meant he was not taking orders from a govt that was 1 day old when those orders involved starting a war with its neighbour. He could have been a junta supporter.

Now to some real politics, have you heard the story of the sand and the ostrich?

[wyoming cowboy]

The Greek General said no towards firing towards Turkey because at the time he saw the junta more of an enemy then Turkey due to the mess they created in Cyprus.

WC, what do you mean there is no dissent, of course we disagree at times. However that Greek general should be congratulated, he saved a lot of Greek and Turkish lives as well as a fair part of Greece itself.