by Simon » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:34 pm
Militiades, you make me laugh. You clearly do not understand politics. Who do you think supported the junta? Who do you think encouraged the junta to perform the coup, telling them it was the way to get what they wanted? THE USA. PLEASE WAKE UP. The USA played them like fools. They supported the coup, because they knew it would lead to the invasion and partition - WHAT THEY WANTED ALL ALONG FOR TURKEY.
Let me explain something else to you - the junta did not, and does not represent Greece. They were not elected, and were not popular. You really are completely brainwashed. Makarios did not dance to the USA's tune because is practically meant surrendering independence, something Cyprus had very little of anyway. Makarios tried to use the Soviet Union to preserve independence, because he knew that the USA only had Turkey's best interests at heart. Unfortunately, the junta was too stupid to realise this also.
Finally, every book I have read discusses the length that Greece went to, to try to annex Cyprus, including near war. Never have I read that Britain actually offered Cyprus to Greece, and Greece refused. Indeed, I always hear the opposite. So can you please provide proof for this? I have solid sources that say that Britain never offered Cyprus to Greece, and never intended to. So where are your sources from?
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Simon on Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:07 pm, edited 2 times in total.