I wonder what Todd would have concluded today if t...

2006-12-05T17:52:00.000-06:00

I wonder what Todd would have concluded today if the Turks invaded and took over Scotland in 1974.

In Cyprus there are Greek (84%) and Turkish (15%) Cypriots. Before 1960 it was a British colony. Needless to say the British used "Devide and conquer", just as they did to the American colonies, Arabs and Jews, Indians and Pakistanis, etc, etc to keep their bases and interests in place.

When the population wanted independence they instigated trouble between the two communities and with the help of a few traitors and paid agents from both sides crteated hatred in a population that lived together without many issues before that.

Of course Turkey, Greece, the USA and NATO wanted a piece of thee action and their bases there so the schemed to devide the island between two NATO alies, Greece and Turkey and have the British bases (15% of the island) as well. When Turkey invated it decided screw the rest (as it usually does) and took over 40% of the island, not just a land bridge connecting a Turkish enclave to the ocean.

The hunta in Greece fell and the country became democratic for the first time since the ancient times. No kings, no dictators, no junta.

Turkey remains the same. A muslim nation in denial, a military junta in real control, playing the good guy bad guy game with the world. The US needs them to support Israel, but I fear they are the next Iran.

Cyprus because of the treason and abuse from the West supported the Arabs but as always happens the arabs turned around and betrayed Cyprus because Turks are Muslim. Now Cyprus is a member of the EU and Turkey is trying to get in.

As for the occupied areas. Our land is not inhabitted by Turks, but by thieving Europeans who go and buy stolen land at basement prices. They fall off the back of the Turkish Truks.

Germans in my grandmothers house, Belgians in a villa build on our olive garden, British in condos build on our orange orcharts, etc, etc. Churches turned into mosques, stolen icons sold off to the rich, arabs buying hotels.

We are all fools because it is not about religion, language or nationality, it is about money. Dog eat dog.

Lets see who is next. Remember yeasterday it was me, tomorrow it could be you! Try to be on the winning side. But which is that? Or just give up and be HUMAN.

Todd, thanks for this series of posts on your trip...

2006-12-05T10:29:00.000-06:00

Todd, thanks for this series of posts on your trip to Cyprus. Something you have not yet mentioned (unless I overlooked it) is the role of Cyprus in Israel's independence back in 1948-9 with its concentration camps. Not exactly the same as the Nazi version, in that the Cyprus camps were more like holding stations. I was not really aware of this history until I began collecting LMLK postage stamps. Examples:

Postcard commemorating the end of the detainee camps with postmark showing the island's outline

Ship cachet welcoming the refugees

Island map marking each of the camps:

Nicosia (capital with hospital)

Karaolos (Caraulas; Hdqrs. #1; summer refugee detention camps #55, 60-63)

Famagusta (reception port)

Xylotymbou (Xylotymvou; Hdqrs. #3; refugee detention camps #69-70)

Dhekelia (Hdqrs. #2; winter refugee detention camps #64-68)

The Paul Newman movie, "Exodus", depicts some of this history. Besides Nicosia, did you tour any of these other sites?

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I wonder what Todd would have concluded today if t...

Todd, thanks for this series of posts on your trip...