Viewpoint wrote:kimon07 wrote:Viewpoint wrote:kimon07 wrote:Viewpoint wrote:Why do you care so much?
Its a perfect case study about the turkish foreign policies, the deceptions and the attempted deceptions of the international community by Turkey, the cheap propaganda which they use thinking that the whole world has the same IQ as their Anatolian populations, and last but not least it demonstrates how the tried to drag NATO into a conflict which would certainly result into a major eruption with unpredictable consequences.
In other words it demonstrates that Turkey is acting as No1 factor of destabilisation in the region and must be isolated.
Arent you pretty certain that the EU would back you up if Turkey suddenly decided to march south?
Although your question is totally irrelevant to my comment, I will answer it. No I am not sure the EU will back me up (militarily, that is). I am pretty sure the Russians and the Israelis will. Maybe even the Americans. You see, this time Cyprus is weighted according to its resources. Times have changed since 1974. On the other hand, the Russians have considerable interests on the island now. Finally, am pretty certain Turkey will never dare any such move, UNLESS it gets the OK from the US and UNLESS it is assured that no third powers will act against it. Do you believe Turkey is capable of achieving such favourable conditions now?
I personally do not think or would want it to happen, the Gcs have rights to this island as well. My concerns would be the USA and their greed to control natural resources...if your find does pan out and your production is an effective source then the tug of war will be who controls it USA or Russia then Turkey comes into play. World politics want beyong the tiny Cypriost pawns.
Just for your information, neither the USA, nor Russia go around stealing others natural resources. What the USA does however, is to make sure those natural resources flow problem free, just so not to cause panic in the markets, which would mean spike in prices, which the Americans hate. The Oil and Gas platforms will be operated by International companies from stable countries like France, USA, Russia, Italy, Britain, Canada and so on, therefore, Turkey has ZERO chance to do anything to these International companies. RoC is not as stupid as you may think. They are spreading their wealth with as many strong countries as possible. If Turkey were to cause problems to these International companies (I dare them), they will be hit so hard, they wouldn't know what hit them. The most Turkey can do is throw idle threats which Turkey has become experts in, such as all these Oil and Gas companies operating in the RoC EEZ areas will not be offered to produce any Oil and Gas fields if and when anything is ever found in Turkey's EEZ, if and when they sign the Law of the Sea agreements, determining where their EEZ lines are. You are putting all your eggs in the Turkey basket I'm afraid. Turkey has once again proved to be a toothless Tiger. What more evidence do you need?