supporttheunderdog wrote:Paphitis wrote:Kikapu wrote:At the present time, it is the best that the British does not pull out of any of the bases until a settlement is reached with defined state lines as well as certain distance of the north's state lines to be from the Dhekelia Base boundaries, or else, if they did pull out now, it will become a very hot spot in Turkey wanting to take it over in order to get to the southern shores of Cyprus and divide the free areas of the RoC's east and west at the same time, to which they will be able to demand greater compromise from the GCs in a future settlement. Halil is already licking his chops over that prospect, and I don't think it was ONLY for the Cheeseburger.!
If the Brits were to pull out, I doubt they will be leaving anything to chance. They will probably declare a handover date, where a ceremony will even be held where their colors will be taken down and the RoC Flag will be raised, in the spirit of Military tradition and all the fanfare that goes with it similar to what we saw in Hong Kong. They will probably even allow entry to the CNG so that they can take their posts upon handover. The Brits might even leave some troops behind for a while, as a deterrent to Turkey and to ensure a smooth transition without any shenanigans!
The British commander will then hand over control to the RoC.
They will never allow Dhekelia to become a major hot spot, or accept any Turkish antics, because this will result in much embarrassment as Britain will once again leave another very sorry legacy behind.
The Brits made some noises about handing back some of the SBA land when the second evil A Plan was under debate: that obviously became redundant with the "oxi' vote but I suspect that GB would be quite happy to reduce its (Financial) committment to the SBA.
If I recall at that time the Turks made noises about getting some SBA land for the illegal psuedo state if the Brits ever pulled out: I just hope that any hand over of unused land(which I throughly support as the whole question of the SBA in their current formatis anomolous) is done so the area comes under ROC control and the Turkish Army and its puppets are kept out.
I believe Britain has no choice but to hand over any unused land to the RoC and not to an occupation regime which is officially condemned by Britain itself and the international community at large.
As I said, they will probably retain possession until there is a solution, but if that is not forthcoming, then they will pull out if that is an economically sensible thing for them to do, and officially hand over control to the RoC and ensure that the transition is smooth and that the RoC has ample opportunity to get the CNG and its Police into the area to ensure law and order.
I can't imagine them handing over any land to the occupation regime.
That's my take on it anyway!
