Nikitas, do you think that it is to the interest of present day Turkey to occupy the whole of Cyprus? Don't you think that we should concentrate everything we have on finding a political solution that will safeguard the long term interests of Cyprus? We are not in position to play with fire any more. Look at us, we needed the Americans and the dreaded Brits to save our skin in 1964 and 1967 and yet we did not learn. We deliberately kept the issue open despite numerous chances for an agreed solution until it boiled down to a showdown. We did away with our strong weapon and opted for our Achilles heel, the military option.
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There is NOT A SINGLE instance of people or nations claiming their freedom from lesser adversaries. Freedom is always won against superior forces- French revolution, American revolution, wars of liberation of Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Egypt, Kenya, Vietnam, the list is endless. And just as endless is the list of victims who lost everything because of appeasement.
The above sounds like an essay we used to write at school. It sounds nice, it gets wild applause from all round, but has zero practical value. With the above you have shown that you too believe that only a liberation struggle will see us through. You confuse realism with appeasement and you list nations that achieved independence under different circumstances in different eras. For example, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, when not fighting each other, they tore the flesh of the Ottoman Empire when it was fading away, but only with the help of the West. The Brits, if you read about the events back then, did a great job in training the Greek sailors during the Balkan wars, making the Greek fleet practically invincible.
Cyprus has not been making many friends lately. In fact we consider the great nations that are big players in our area as terrible foes. We have even managed to lose all our potential friends who were sympathetic to our cause, even in the institutions of which we are member.
Cyprus walks alone and only pragmatic political actions can save us now. We need to totally understand this and stop swaying between realism and fantasy. Simply, we cannot afford another blunder. And for those that were quick to forget about the Palestinian plight and our principled stance and started flirting with Israel, I say once more, you have lost your eligibility to talk about principles!
