BirKibrisli wrote:georgios100 wrote:BirKibrisli wrote:Malapapa wrote:Viewpoint wrote:Why do you GCs find it difficult to understand that you are not trusted? Thats why guarantees are necessary.
Why do you Cyprus Turks find it difficult to understand that Turkey is not trusted? That's why Russia's guarantee, and intervention rights in Turkey, are necessary.
And who is going to guarantee that Russia will not misuse her guarantee rights in Turkey...
Hi Bir,
I am off the topic with Russia as a guarantor...
Since you are one of the better TC posters on CF, I would like to ask you this:
Why the TCs don't trust the EU to guarantee the peace in Cyprus via a special force to be assign on the island comprised of several EU members?
Please try to provide me a reasonable explanation. The way that I see it, Cyprus is European land now, so who else can do a better job than the Europeans themselves, protecting their own land? I don't think an EU force will be bias against either community.
Georgios100
Georgio,the answer lies in the recent past...During the dark years between 63-74 the TCs were essentially left to survive whichever way they could...Not even Turkey came to their aid physically...Then in 1974 when the coup happened and the murdering thug Sampson was declared President,the TCs were afraid of the worst...They were sure that had Sampson the time to consolidate his rule,the TCs would be his next target,and he would not be taking any prisoners...Ecevit,the Turkish PM at the time, flew to England and tried to convince them they should have a joint Turkish-English intervention to restore the independence and sovereignty of the RoC...The Brits didn't want to have anything to do with it...Hence the unilateral Turkish action followed...Everything that happened since 1974(non-recognition by the UN,the isolation and the embargoes etc) reinforced the TC belief that they have only ONE friend in this world and that is Turkey...That is why they will not trust anybody else with their lives...
Yeah, and all the while they want the RoC passports and IDs to get the EU benefits and Turkey trying despereately to get into the EU and you don't trust the EU. Classic Joke that one Bir. You want turkey because you don't want to lose the chance of your stranglehold on Cyprus, nothing more nothing less.
Hypocrite