Maximus wrote:Turkey withdrawing would benefit us and Turkey.
legitimate TC's that stay will be assimilated back into the us. The carpet sh@gg3rs and the other illegal settlers, when they leave, will also benefit us. I dont know where you fit into all this but it seems as if you would prefer to be shipped back to Turkey.
Back on topic. Of course, it would benefit Turkey to withdraw from Cyprus. But the current Turkish leadership is stuck in the mentality that they can occupy Cyprus and still enter the EU. They can't see the contradiction. They think they can do both.
That's why they say contradictory things on Cyprus and the EU. One minute they say they still have the EU as a goal, the next minute they say they don't need the EU. One minute they say they want a 'solution' on Cyprus, next minute they say they want recognition of the 'trnc'.
Their heads are in a whirl. It's been that way since they failed with the Annan Plan. They literally don't know what to do next. That's why an ultimatum is good for them.