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Four new enemies of Cyprus in ten days is nothing new
By Loucas Charalambous

IN THE LAST 10 days we have uncovered four new enemies of Cyprus. They include US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, candidate Under-Secretary at the State Department Phillip Gordon, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and the UNFICYP Chief of Staff Colonel Hughes.

Four new enemies of the Republic in the space of 10 days is not an unusual haul. For 50 years now, our leading political lights, from the late Makarios to DIKO’s Zacharias Koulias, do little else other than identify foreign foes. In fact, very few foreign politicians have failed to earn the label of ‘enemy of Cyprus’ if they had anything to do with us.

If I have the time, one day I will do some proper research on the matter. I will collect and publish in a book the names of all the foreign enemies of Cyprus that were discovered by our leadership since 1960. If, with the help of God, I am able to realise this ambition, I am certain that I will need two volumes to get all the names in.

I will probably be able to find all the names by scouring through the archives of Phileleftheros, which has named and shamed all the foreign culprits over the years. In there I will find all our enemies, all the conspirators and all the traps they had set up to catch us out over the last 50 years.

Hillary Clinton’s big sin was that she had agreed to meet with Mehmet Ali Talat. The laurels for the reported cancellation (or was it postponement?) of the meeting were claimed by the Greek-American lobby and Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou, who, as he gets older is becoming more and more like his father.

One could of course ask: why would we mind if Clinton met Talat? The Turkish Cypriot leader has already met two US Secretaries of State (Powell and Rice), the President of the European Commission and a host of world leaders. What great damage would be done to our case if he also met Clinton? At most, she could have encouraged Talat to make a bigger effort to reach a settlement. Could it be this prospect which so annoyed our wise politicians?

Until a while ago, we considered Barroso our friend. So much so, President Christofias asked him to personally undertake an EU mediation initiative in the Cyprus peace process (as opposed to the ‘bad’ Olli Rehn). Now, Garoyian, Omirou, Perdikis and even Anastassiades (this is the most unbelievable) are accusing him of unacceptable behaviour and of absolving Turkey of any guilt.

I also like the case of Phil Gordon. The well-read Garoyian caught him out, exposing him as “not having done his homework in the relation to the commitments of [President] Obama” and advised him to “try to be better informed” about the views of his president.

As for Colonel Hughes, his big indiscretion was that he had miscalculated the number of Turkish troops on the island and estimated it to be 24,000 instead of 42,000. Omirou, who has counted the Turkish soldiers, reliably informed us that Hughes came up with the smaller number because he was a Turkophile.

Why am I writing this again? It is because this stupidity is not a phenomenon of the last 10 days but has been part of our political culture for the last 50 years – a culture that knows only how to identify enemies all over the planet and to engage in feuds with the whole world. But this is the type of people we are and it is why we have these leaders. We have had the political leaders we deserve.

This is why I have always maintained that we have been extremely lucky not have suffered much worse ills in these past 50 years.

Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2009


Lol, bloody retards.

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For 50 years now, our leading political lights, from the late Makarios

Uhuh, isnt our leading political light today named Christofias? Its not Phileftheros, Greek American lobby or any of the names mentioned in this article. Where is Christofias name in this article? Charalambous wouldnt dare criticize his comrade Christofias now would he?

Bullshit "Cyprus" Mail article only taken seriously by the twit who reproduced it. Nothing new here.

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Bullshit "Cyprus" Mail article only taken seriously by the twit who reproduced it. Nothing new here.

Why is it bullshit? Are you saying you dont have a habit of labelling every foreign dignitary your enemy? Typical dumb greek.

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Bullshit "Cyprus" Mail article only taken seriously by the twit who reproduced it. Nothing new here.

Why is it bullshit? Are you saying you dont have a habit of labelling every foreign dignitary your enemy? Typical dumb greek.

Your confused but thats understandable, after all, look at your source. Cyprus has only one enemy (o-n-l-y o-n-e ) and that is the Turkish occupational forces.

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One could of course ask: why would we mind if Clinton met Talat?

And why do you want that? lets see... because you are a traitor and you want what the Turks want? Yep, thats it! Now cry you fucking idiot.

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Bullshit "Cyprus" Mail article only taken seriously by the twit who reproduced it. Nothing new here.

Why is it bullshit? Are you saying you dont have a habit of labelling every foreign dignitary your enemy? Typical dumb greek.

Yeah. Rasmussen anybody? He is an enemy of Turkey because he is supporter of free speech!

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And lets not forget the threads about recognizing the Armenian Genocide. For the Turks anybody that recognizes the truth is their enemy!

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Another simpleton who hates his country and relishes the 'exciting' Turkish propaganda.

The fact that the meeting with Clinton had never been set and it was Talat's little way of pompously getting some attention (despite the lie) is too complicated for such an 'esteemed thought provoking journalist' to comprehend.

A Robert Fisk you are not Mr Charalambous, of the Gutter Press!

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the only one who makes enemies is turkey, not one coutnry surrounding turkey is allies with turkey they see hwo the turks really are.. the unlucky countries who have to be anywhere near turkey

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Bullshit "Cyprus" Mail article only taken seriously by the twit who reproduced it. Nothing new here.

Why is it bullshit? Are you saying you dont have a habit of labelling every foreign dignitary your enemy? Typical dumb greek.

You have never met a typical Greek, particularly in this certain forum