Issy1956 wrote:Miltiades,
I know you dont hate anybody but unfortunately not everybody has your views. I think you are wrong in thinking that property is not the big issue in the eyes of most GC's- it is the number one concern. Security is important too and with the Annan plan we had a timetable to get rid of all the Turkish troops over time. After all how many Turkish troops went home with the big no-not a single one. The GC's must be comfortable with having 40,000 soldiers in the north-it probably cools the ardour of some of the hotheads from doing anything silly.
I totally agree with this. For me personally the presense of the Turkish army was not really too much of a problem considering the final numbers of only 650 soldiers. It was however an additional issue to fear as the numbers would actually be 40,000 the day after the solution.That was very scaring! But I could swallow it if that was the only problem.
Was it though?