Hermes wrote:Bananiot wrote:
I would also add that he got on very well with Papadopoulos too. Their agenda only differed in the small print.
Come off it, Bananiot. It does you no credit to peddle these sort of arguments. Papadopoulos opposed the Annan Plan for vastly different reasons to those of Denktash. Denktash wanted nothing less than full independence for the pirate state. He was too belligerent and hate-filled to realise the Annan Plan would've given Turkey more or less what it wanted just short of a separate state.
Just because Denktash opposed the Annan Plan it didn't make it a just deal for Cyprus. That's an absurd and illogical argument. Any solution needs to be judged on its own merits and by common consent the Annan Plan was a disgraceful attempt to legalise the Turkish occupation and make Cyprus little more than a Turkish protectorate.
I make the argument, that Denktash's supposed rejection of the AP was nothing but a con game, by making the GCs believe, that if Denktash was against the AP, then it must be bad for the TCs/Turkey and good for the GCs. Well, 24% of the GCs did in fact fall for the con. It was one more dreamed up underhanded attempt by Turkey to convince the GCs to vote YES on the AP, along with the supposedly EU giving promises of direct trade with the north and even recognition should the GCs said OXI. Every angle was tried by Turkey for the GCs to vote YES on the AP in order for the Cypriots to lose the island to Turkey and to prevent ALL the problems Turkey is now facing regarding her membership with the EU, RoC being part of the EU territory, Oil & Gas, support the RoC is now getting from major actors, the RoC solidifying it's sovereignty and so on. After the AP failed, which I'm certain Denktash was upset with the results, what else could he say other than what our friend keeps repeating the same slogan what Denktash may have said, which was "Thank God the GCs said OXI". He could hardly say, "Shit, The GCs called my bluff and didn't fall for the con". Really? Is this what our good friend Bananiot was waiting for Denktash to say. Surely not!