Mr. Papadopoulos,
Your post raised very interesting points. With all due respect to your
father, that I am sure is a great patriot and man of culture, I can't
wholly agree with you.
To begin with, Cypress was never part of a Greek Republic! It was part of Roman empire, passed on to Byzentines, and then was ruled for centuries by Ottoman Turks. It was occupied by British and then was given independence! This is 2000 years history in three modest lines!
"Enossis" was not the Cypress Turkish idea, it was imported by the
military Government in Athen. The Greeks killed a few thousand Turks
and Rauf Denktash militia killed a few thousand Greeks. Both side committed genocide against their neighoburs. Greeks were about to send troops to Cypress to help Greeks but turks were faster
Turks occupied half a Cypress and regretfully, we have an stale-mate
Nobody is a victim in Cypress! Neither Turks, nor Greeks! You may not,
but I have seen the doumnetry footage of the atrocities committed by
both side! Both sides are quilty of ethnic cleansing and genocide!
Now lets get this facts streight. Do you deny that after the German
pulled out of Greece in 1945, if it wasn't becasue of British and American help, Greece would have fallen to the Communist insurgents??
Do you deny that if it wasn't because of the US and NATO protection,
your beloved Greece would have fallen prey to Turks in the East, Bugarians, and Slavs in the North and Anver Hoxa Albanians in the West! Turks would have occupied Comotini and the islands would have followed-up! As you know, Turks are bad tourists, once they would have taken the Islands, they would have stayed forever! So, Mr. Papadopoulos, if it wan't becasue of NATO and USA where the Greece would have been! After 50 years of being protected, you have the courage to tell me that Greek people are against the NATO and US boming of Serbia, becasue you share the same Christian ritual and alphabet!! Your country enjoyed the protection of NATO and now, you send emisseries to Belgrade and refuse to give assistnace to your NATO alies?? If Greeks are honorable people that I am sure they are, they should leave NATO.
and equally the EC and go their own way! What is the sense of being
meember of NATO and EC if at it breaks rank the first time the
there is a crisis!! |
