by rolo » Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:34 am
cypezokyli
yes you are right - i did meet one of his soldiers years later in london. he was visiting his cousin, who was a freind of mine, and the three of us went out for dinner. He asked me what villages i was from. I told him, and he hung his head and looked to the floor. I asked what was wrong and he explained. i cant really explain it, but we just talked about it, and i felt no hatred for him, nor wanted revenge. probably because he spoke honestly openly and with real sorrow. Somehow i felt better in hearing the admission, and i think he felt better in getting it off his chest. He had been in cyprus since that attack and one of the first people he met when he left cyprus was someone from that village. Isnt fate strange?
Anyway it did help me understand that even those who did take part did not agree with it. This must have happened all over the island on both sides. so why the f did cypriots have to war?
there are stories of gcs hiding tcs from eoka, and tcs hiding gcs from turkish fighters too.
lets face it, along with all the other rulers of Cyprus we also made a right balls up of it. maybe its just a cyprus thing and thats the way it always will be. ive heard it said that the worlds biggest donkeys live on Cyprus.