georgios100 wrote:Malapapa wrote:georgios100 wrote:fwnh wrote:The cypriots will never accept that, they didn't in the past so why would they in the future? and ofcourse the cypriot's mentality and way of thinking is light years away from the german's
The Cypriots think they know everything, they always did. In reality, much is to be learn by recent events from the so called "Foreigners".
Just copied and pasted a few sentences from WIKI:
The East German regime started to falter in the summer of 1989, when Hungary opened a hole in the Iron Curtain. It caused an exodus of thousands of East Germans going to West Germany via Hungary. The Peaceful Revolution was a series of protests by East Germans. The Peaceful Revolution led to the GDR's first free elections on 18 March 1990
On 18 May 1990, the two German states signed a treaty agreeing on monetary, economic and social union. A reunification treaty between West Germany and the GDR was negotiated in mid-1990 and finally approved by large majorities in the legislative chambers of both countries on 20 September 1990.[5] After that last step Germany was officially united at 00:00 CET on 3 October 1990.The Germans were pretty quick on this one. It just took them about a year to take care of business. Swift and bold action at work.
The Cypriots, after 36 years, are about to take a giant step backwards, thanks to our "brilliant politicians".
Georgios100
You're being hard on the politicians. Germany was reunified only after the Soviet Union started to crumble, following glasnost and perestroika. The same, I'm afraid, needs to happen to Turkey.
What's Turkish for 'glasnost' and 'perestroika'? Achieve that and Cypriot reunification will follow.
Hi there Malapapa,
You know, you are one of the better posters on CF, congrats.
All your answers/comments are right on the money.
Thanks. You're making me
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georgios100 wrote:Why I am being too hard on the politicians? Are you suggesting we give them more time? Another...what... let's say 30 years?
Forget politicians. They come and then they go. International law remains.
georgios100 wrote:These guys are the scum of the earth! Take for example the Clerides-Ntenktas talks, lasted for ever. Both of them would meet and smoke pipes all day long. These "talks" when on and on and on... for years on end, while displaced citizens from both sides waited to go home!
Later, others tried to talk... nothing.
The 2004 horror show takes place. The people are asked to vote for the Annan plan. Both Tassos & Ntenktas were against it. Tassos, a former EOKA member and Ntenktas, a TMT founder. Failure again.
Denktash talked about how the problem was solved in 1974. Whoever was president had to listen and try to get re-elected. Meanwile the country recovered, rebuilt, raised its game and self-esteem and finally secured EU membership for the whole island in 2004. The Annan plan was a joke consigned to the dustbin of history.
Little Cyprus's quest to remove the big, bad invader is a long, strategic war of attrition. The liberation forces have layed siege and are slowly cutting off all the supply lines.
georgios100 wrote:Now we have "intensive negotiations". What is your take on this? You already know my predictions.
Georgios
You know mine too (see above reference to 'glasnost' and 'perestroika').
Make no mistake; David will have to take down Goliath if his people are to be free.