Bananiot wrote:Some people display an amazing ability not to understand the game that is played and the rules that govern it. The United Nations are telling us (GC and TC) to find solutions to our issues through negotiations. Both parties agree with this and furthermore, the UN urge Turkey and Greece to facilitate these talks. The UN does not tell us what will happen if the negotiations do not bear fruit. Downer made a clear insinuation about the UN already spending too much time, money and energy (been here since 1963 - the problem did not start in 1974) and he clearly said that time is running short for every one. If the talks fail, the UN will of course not impose a solution for this is not their job. However, even if they did impose one we would not like it, because it would move along the Annan plan lines. I am not sure the Turkish side would welcome it either. The blame game would then acquire some interest and of course, equal distances will be kept by the UN and further time will get by and the 37 years since the invasion will soon become 50 and by that time the north will be totally Turkified and the RoC, if it still exists, will share a border of 150 km with Turkey. Need I say more ....?
What is to be done to reverse this terrible trend has to be based on realistic aspirations that can be attained by joined efforts of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot patriots who are the only forces capable of saving Cyprus and its cultural heritage. These are my suggestions:
1. At present, the TC leadership of Eroglu does not care about BBF. Eroglu wants and always wanted partition. He probably dictates terms to Turkey on this (and not the other way round as some of us would like to believe) and he, like Papadopoulos, plays the game only to appear as a willing partner in talks, but with a different agenda in his mind.
2. It is up to the TC community to get rid of Eroglu and vote in a leader who aspires a united Cyprus, not a partitioned one.
3. For the TC's to have a realistic chance to succeed, clear signals are needed from the GC community. Signals that would effectively tell the TC's that we "accept you as an equal political partner in a new Cyprus". Fears that TC's may (justifiably) have on their safety can be tackled with good will. We can accept Turkey guaranteeing the TC Federal State for a period of time.
4. The TC's felt betrayed in 2004 and this is understandable. The majority of TC's are Cypriots above anything else. They are worried about the influx of settlers and the appearance of religion schools in the north that endanger their way of life. However, they can do nothing to reverse the trend until they can see and feel a helping hand from us. In effect, by helping the TC's we help ourselves and Cyprus.
5. It is clear that only joined action towards a common goal is the only thing that can save us.
6. The Annan Plan can form the basis and with those modifications that can be accepted by the majority of Cypriots, it can take Cyprus out of the quagmire and towards a new age.
7. With time, when the old generation has passed away and forgotten, the new Cypriots who by definition would be better than us, can work out a better deal that would see a gradual move to a unified Cyprus, if the circumstances permit it.
These are my thoughts as we welcome 2012 and while thinking that all my life has been spent in the shadows of the Cyprob that has itself overshadowed all healthy political life in this island.
7. With time, when the old generation has passed away and forgotten, the new Cypriots who by definition would be better than us, can work out a better deal that would see a gradual move to a unified Cyprus, if the circumstances permit it.
repulsewarrior wrote:7. With time, when the old generation has passed away and forgotten, the new Cypriots who by definition would be better than us, can work out a better deal that would see a gradual move to a unified Cyprus, if the circumstances permit it.
...here is the reason to be in no hurry. Problem solved (lol), go visit the Buffer Zone, it's already started. we don't need the Annan Plan, and there were lots of plans before that one, if we want to change, we can start with the Constitution we have.
...indeed, we need an electorate which has the interests of the island first; whether Greek or Turkish, not "Greek" and not "Turkish", no longer voiceless Cypriots, their leadership will evolve.
It will be Turkeys best interest to leave Cyprus and urge the TC's to reunite.
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