CyprusFeaturedGuest ColumnistOpinion A partitioned north will have trouble joining the EU

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/12/26/a-partitioned-north-will-have-trouble-joining-the-eu/

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...indeed, among us Greek and Turkish, in Cyprus, live those who (as Persons) place a dogma like "Greekness" or "Turkishness" above the notions of a single Humanity where, as Individuals, without distinction or discrimination, we are prepared to defend the values it represents, each other, and our Basic Human Rights as such.

The Problem it seems has been forgotten long ago. And it is not isolated to be a Cyprus problem.

...indeed, it is not a problem between Greeks and Turks, nor is it a problem of "Turks" against "Greeks" (read: non-"Turks"), it is a problem of "Greeks" and "Turks" against Greeks and Turks. Turkey has the same Problem. And as it is evolving the Ukraine will suffer the Problem too.

A BBF (like the USA, which was the very first) is not hard to imagine in Turkey, the Ukraine, (in Russia), and in Cyprus and many other countries. States, based on Principles and the Rule of Law equally representing Citizens accordingly seems natural. Constituencies within these States where as Persons a Majority demonstrates its capacity to provide for Minorities living among them seems apt.

...indeed, Cypriots should be gathering under their flag, the Flag of Cyprus, the one "They" treat as a rag, on the beaches which "belong" to them, having picnics. Cypriots are not few. Let's not forget that despite the years we have been torn apart, "They" have never won an overwhelming majority at the polls. Enosis, the word that means to join together, needs a Cypriot definition.

Re: Ukrainian Issue

 https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47975-9670.html#p932231

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...indeed Pyr, it is a turning point.

The Problem solved not just in the Ukraine, but in Turkey and Russia and Cyprus too.

...and an end to Turkey's dispute with Greece, which has been linked to the Problem, in Syria, Iraq and Iran, and also in Azerbaijan, for the same reason; all of this is possible if in turn he changes his intentions having isolated himself.

Indeed, he (Erdogan) has his Legacy to think of. What with the Centennial and elections looming at such a turning point, what will he do but turn on a dime; he has boarded the train called Democracy before.

...Putin too wants Fame, and right now in his infamy he faces a War Crimes Tribunal; a solution that is "perfect'' he could include in Russia's Constitutional reform which can be emulated, like a BBF: where as a State Citizens have the capacity to defend their Basic Human Rights as Individuals, and, where as these People as Persons demonstrate the same respect and trust for each other by recognising the special needs of minorities living among them.

NATO's mission will change with such a Peace, i surmise that Russia will become a member, China too some day, protecting the high seas, a task that the US does at the moment world-wide, but for its Maritime traffic as its mission.

...Henry Kissinger does not say much (about Human Rights, e.g.), nothing new at least (about his thinking politically); History will judge him like the "America" he worked/is working for.

Re: The Official Erdogan the Clown Thread

 https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus40648-160.html#p932188\

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...do not despair Lordo.

Like the "silent man" in Turkey not so long ago, we witness in China today the power of an empty sheet of paper.

...i have hope for Erdogan, because a small change in his intentions will mean fame for him (instead of infamy), and the adulation of all the world; ending the Problem in Cyprus and in Turkey, as well as Ukraine.

Indeed, he fights for "Turkishness" his dogma among dogmatists; but he is a man of God and as such he may have an epiphany in that he may better understand how one God (measured as a State and Nationhood) is served lovingly.

...call me a dreamer, but a BBF, having an identity as an Individual (what is Freedom), and having an identity as a Person (what is Liberty), is not so hard to understand; it is an issue of balance.

He may fight for Turkey instead, the People, not "his" people (the mythic Nation of Turan), but for all of us ''Turkish" or not; for our Basic Human Rights, more broadly for the respect and trust we have for each other beyond that.

..."preparing for War is the greatest road to Peace", so it is said; we'll see. (maybe at this point people will accept a solution as i've suggested)

Re: Ukrainian Issue

 https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47975-9660.html#p932170

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"They" have chosen to attack in the Ukraine, what did they expect; "the "Americans" to join them?

...let's be serious, it is 'us' their victims either way. Like plunderers everywhere, they hide in the crowds their greed makes.

Who takes words like America, or Ukraine, or Russia, or Cyprus, or Turkey, filling them with hateful enterprise for their gain but "Them"?

...Putin is no saviour. As i've said before, he is a wanna be.

‘Cyprus ready to negotiate to reach settlement of any maritime dispute’

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/12/12/cyprus-ready-to-negotiate-to-reach-settlement-of-any-maritime-dispute/

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..."shareholder", as in, one man one vote.

Cypriots, are neither "Greeks" or "Turks". They are Individuals, who as Persons Turkish and Greek see a value in their identity to this land.

Cypriots are not few, Olcay, nor are they insignificant; there has never been an election, over decades even unnaturally torn apart, where one of "Them" has won an overwhelming majority. This too should not be ignored.

...indeed, you just have to look around you, if you live in Cyprus; living in the occupied territories "Turkishness", like "Greekness" in the south, are a bane to our existence since its extremes have held the Agenda all these years.

...i suggest to you that the Problem is bigger than what is dividing us as Cypriots, that Turkey too is more divided than it has ever been for the same reason. (So too the Ukraine as it is evolving). And a BBF in all these cases has no better solution for their Constitutional reform: where we can be Free as Individuals to defend our Basic Human Rights, and where we have the Liberty as Persons to promote our distinct identities.

So it is with our wealth in Cyprus: the cost and the benefit, while it may be shared it "belongs" to Cypriots, and as Cypriots for them to choose.

...Cyprus along with all its neighbours, are clear; they have already agreed to boundaries that respect international law (ie. UNCLOS) and they have joined together forming the East Med. Gas Forum where an empty chair awaits Turkey (and Libya) should they change their minds.

The solution of the Cyprus problem is in our hands

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/27/the-solution-of-the-cyprus-problem-is-in-our-hands/

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More importantly, i suggest that when it comes to Constitutional Reform, what is (an International concern), the Problem, can be solved in Cyprus, and, it may serve Turkey's needs in Turkey with its minorities (emulated with that in mind). That is to say, that with good sense in uniting here, in Cyprus as Cypriots, it provides the impetus, in Turkey, but not just in Turkey, for Peoples everywhere similarly at odds (like Ukraine), to see despite their diversity and their distinctions as identities, as Individuals, (in a BBF like Canada or the United States for example), that there exist a set of Principles, where based on them they have a reason to defend each other as Citizens. That beyond their identity as a Person, (with this Liberty,) as Individuals, and as a State, they express this willingness to unite as/with Humans, for their Rights (and for their Freedom).

Re: elections in the illegally occupied territories

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47211-250.html#p931311 

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...the People wanting change must speak for themselves, and united they are not a body that's small and insignificant.

I do not despair.

...the protests do not seem to be growing, but they do not cease.

(Indeed, i talk of Grivas' brother who fought in EOKA against the British, and who withdrew once Cyprus was Free having ended the subjugation Cypriots were living under.)

The Problem is not about Greeks versus Turks, or "Greeks" vs "Turks". It is about "Greeks"/"Turks" vs Greeks/Turks. The same can be said in Turkey, and as it is evolving in the Ukraine, too.

...indeed the Turkish Cypriot is at the vanguard against the hateful dogma "Turkishness" has come to represent, and if 'we' hate such dogma we must fight along with them.

Our View: Christodoulides is not the right candidate to deliver a Cyprus solution

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/27/our-view-christodoulides-is-not-the-right-candidate-to-deliver-a-cyprus-solution/

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...what has AKEL done since they managed to get a Turkish Cypriot elected as an MEP? What has DISY done to open itself to an electorate, whether they can vote or not, which have to agree?

Indeed, such leadership shortsighted seeks power alone. And they may win it, divided as we are, to "be", "Greek" or "Turkish". Indeed, they fail us, the other half not "Greek" or "Turkish", representing Cypriots in this way.

Let us remember, despite this poor (read: corrupt) leadership, it is the People who have voted over decades, even unnaturally torn apart, to 'be' Cypriots; no candidate of "Theirs" has ever won an election overwhelmingly.

ENOSIS, these leaders, it seems, lack the courage as Patriots to take back the word by giving it a Cypriot meaning.

Noose is tightening around Turkish Cypriots

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/27/noose-is-tightening-around-turkish-cypriots/

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...indeed, the noose gets tighter. Silenced as we are it is not enough to live with "Them" and their caustic notions.

And who is it we fail but ourselves, silent choosing to live with "Greekness" and "Turkishness" instead.

...enosis, i call for it unafraid, as Cypriots to unite and to give it 'our' meaning.

...to take back our beaches, (and our city), simply by having our own picnics, together, peacefully.

...to take back our dignity by making the effort to seek each other out, patronising 'their' businesses, and by starving "Theirs'", to recognise that we are no different defined as Human beings and that it is our Basic Human Rights as such, which are threatened, and for which 'we' fight. This is the Problem, not a "Greek"/"Turk" problem per se, but a "Greek"-"Turk"/ Greek-Turk problem; and this is something to think about if in Turkey (and in the Ukraine) the same Problem is to turn around.

Turkish Cypriot journalist arrested

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/23/turkish-cypriot-journalist-arrested/

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...i am sad that such men are not defended by all of us who are Cypriot, who as Individuals defend the notion of such values, like Universal Principles and Basic Human Rights. Despite the "Greeks" and the "Turks" that live among us, let us remember what the rest of us are and what our Flag, the one "They" treat as a rag, actually represents.

...enosis, dare i say the word that Cypriots must take back by giving it a Cypriot meaning? (but how?) Picnics, i see picnics on our beaches under the one flag that represents us as a People; that would be news, (that would be a fight,) fires lit sharing souvla, lots of music late into the night: (and who, exposed, would be against that?) ...Cypriots united are much stronger than the "Greekness" and "Turkishness" which has for decades dismissed them; it is really something to think about. A Greek Cypriot who ignores the misery of another Cypriot as in such a case because they are Turkish is a fool, or worse a traitor to all Mankind. Such threats are existential, toward 'us' all.

Opening of Varosha is proof there are two states in Cyprus, Tatar says

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/15/opening-of-varosha-is-proof-there-are-two-states-in-cyprus-tatar-says/  

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By ignoring Cypriots, Turkish or Greek, Mr. Tatar, let's remember, ignores about half the voting population of Cyprus, whether (for decades) artificially divided or not.

...with the liberty Mr. Tatar takes in Varosha it is only clear that he places "Turkishness" above our Basic Human Rights. In his world we are as Individuals second-class, not ''being'' one of them. It is something to think about.

Şentop: “ UN member states should recognize the TRNC now”

 https://cyprusscene.com/2022/11/16/sentop-un-member-states-should-recognize-the-trnc-now/

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...i am sorry nothing has changed. Cypriots, both Turkish and Greek, see through such lies, even having been divided unnaturally as they are for so many decades as though only "Greekness" and "Turkishness" are important, more important, as Individuals, they seek their Basic Human Rights.

Cyprus is for Cypriots. This is the Problem.

Mr. Tatar would do well to remember that at least half of his so called constituency are not the "Cypriot Turks" he would like them to be. He would do well also to consider what a BBF could do for Turkey too, in its Constitutional reform if it had a solution to emulate from Cyprus. (And in the Ukraine too, as things are developing.) It is his choice, to be a greater Statesman.

Protests condemn UDI in the north (update 2, photos)

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/15/protests-condemn-udi-in-the-north/

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...what do you mean; "We" should let "parents" abuse us?

Turkish Cypriots (and Greek Cypriots) are unlike "Cypriot Turks" ( and "CGs") that way...

Oktay – Greek Cypriots Show Their Own Cruelty With Grivas Museum

 https://cyprusscene.com/2022/11/13/oktay-greek-cypriots-show-their-own-cruelty-with-grivas-museum/#respond

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...indeed there is an opposition to such efforts. 

Greeks against "Greekness" are not silent to this. Therein lies the problem. Cypriots who are Turkish have the same problem with "Turkishness".

This is the Problem.

TRNC Foreign Ministry Slams US State Department Over Statement

 https://cyprusscene.com/2022/11/08/trnc-foreign-ministry-slams-us-state-department-over-statement/

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...if there was a "Greek" Cyprus, there would be a "Turkish" Cyprus.

And yet, Cypriots as Individuals (rather than Persons) have never wavered from their identity as this island's dwellers, and as such their Basic Human Rights.

...decades have passed indeed; no "Greek" and no "Turk" has succeeded in overwhelmingly winning support in an election. While "They" claim that Cypriots are few and unworthy of any consideration, such results suggest otherwise.

...and what is a BBF; how can America reject it? America was the very first BBF. By these values, as Individuals, they all defend the Universal Principles of  Freedom. And, by demonstrating their trust and recognition of each other, as Persons, their Liberty. Not hard to understand but a matter of intentions.

Where is the Communal Chamber i ask, in Cyprus? Where Constitutional reform exists, is in this body. If the Greek Community would take their seats, there, both Communities may find unanimity in their needs as distinct identities. While in the Legislature, Turkish Cypriots, by filling their seats, would offer to Cypriots a chance to leave the dogmas of "Greekness" and Turkishness" behind them.

Why the Turkish-Libyan MOU has enraged Libyans and regional countries

 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221020-why-the-turkish-libyan-mou-has-enraged-libyans-and-regional-countries/

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...and Egypt how important is Egypt to Turkey; brothers?

Not only Libya between them, but the whole region when it comes to gas; what with the East Med. Gas Forum. Where else does Palestine sit as an equal with Israel, as with all its members (but Turkey who chooses to leave her chair empty) united.

...never mind the very institution which gives this Presidency in Libya its credibility: the UN; UNCLOS ignored.

Start talking to Russia again

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/06/start-talking-to-russia-again/

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Yes, it is Putin who can save himself from a War Crimes Tribunal: by solving the Problem; for himself, Russia, and the rest of the world. Indeed he will share in History, Hero status doing so, with Erdogan and Zelenskyy, instead of the infamy which at the moment he suffers alone.

Such as it is, it is not hard to deliver such a template for the Constitutional reform so many countries need if not in Cyprus, in the Ukraine, in Turkey, and in Russia, to start. It is a matter of intentions.

...what is a BBF? (...does anyone know that the USA is a BBF, and the very first?)

We are Individuals when it concerns our Basic Human Rights, defining them by the word Freedom. And, by our respect and trust in others, we may nurture our distinct identities as Persons, defining Liberty.

...nor is it really hard to understand.

TRNC slams the RoC for creating a “Day of Missing Persons in Cyprus”

https://cyprusscene.com/2022/11/01/trnc-slams-the-roc-for-creating-a-day-of-missing-persons-in-cyprus/

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...who were (and are) their victims, the "Greeks" and the "Turks", but Cypriots who chose (and choose) to see the world as Individuals rather than as Persons, first. 

Such a day for the missing should not be politicised indeed. Victims of politics and its extremes like these men, women and children, did not choose "sides". Or they were murdered because they were civil, more reasoned, and unarmed.

...i remember. My family stayed, and for not running away, for believing in  the notion of equality as Human beings having Basic Rights, respecting the Way by lovingly serving God's will, they were (and are) betrayed to this day by the "others" who like to believe that Cypriots are few and insignificant among "them". (This is the Problem.)

Indeed, i remind the reader, that not one of these extremists who believe that "Greekness" or "Turkishness" stands above the Human race has won an election overwhelmingly, in Cyprus, after all these decades. Cypriots win.

(This is something to think about.)

Cypriots are not few, nor are they insignificant; such a day, is for them.

...let's not forget.

Why the Turkish-Libyan MOU has enraged Libyans and regional countries

 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221020-why-the-turkish-libyan-mou-has-enraged-libyans-and-regional-countries/

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...and Egypt how important is Egypt to Turkey; brothers?

Not only Libya between them, but the whole region when it comes to gas; what with the East Med. Gas Forum. Where else does Palestine sit as an equal with Israel, as with all its members (but Turkey who chooses to leave her chair empty) united.

...never mind the very institution which gives this Presidency in Libya its credibility: the UN; UNCLOS ignored.

Foreign Minister Ertuğruloğlu gives interview to TRT about UNFICYP

https://cyprusscene.com/2022/10/07/foreign-minister-ertugruloglu-gives-interview-to-trt-about-unficyp/ 

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...let's remember who died at the hands of "Greeks" and "Turks" because for the most part they were not busy killing each other. Greeks and Turks were their victims in their murderous sprees, those unarmed, civil, and more reasoned.

...let's remember that the UN is not here for "them", but for 'us', the other half that can be called Cypriots, who, despite decades of being unnaturally torn apart vote as Cypriots; "their'' candidates never having won overwhelmingly even once. Deny it as much as "they" want, Cypriots are not few, they are silent perhaps, respectful, but in the privacy of the polling booth they speak strongly.

Who does Mr. Tatar and his government represent, if he chooses to represent himself as "Turkish" first, (is this the Problem) in affect denying the existence of a Turkish Cypriot identity, in affect denying all Cypriots their Individual Rights?

Erdoğan: Cyprus solution possible with Turkish Cypriots recognition

https://cyprusscene.com/2022/10/07/erdogan-cyprus-solution-possible-with-turkish-cypriots-recognition/

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...indeed, if there was a Greek Constituent state that existed as an equal to other Cypriot Constituencies, Cypriots as Persons could have the self-representation they need to sustain such an identities successfully.

Needless to say that if Cypriots as Individuals had representation as a State, they as Citizens would have the capacity to defend their Basic Human Rights as equals without further discrimination or distinction, as well.

...a BBF is not just a good thing for Cyprus and Cypriots, it is a good thing for Turkey, given their need for Constitutional reform, given that Turkey too, as Persons is made up of more than one Constituency. (It is a good thing for Russia and the Ukraine.) All these problems solved, solving the Problem. 

Hegemonistic ambitions over northern Cyprus

https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2022/10/02/hegemonistic-ambitions-over-northern-cyprus

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Hegemony exists already through the East Med. Gas Forum, for the region as a whole (in competition toward servicing other regions). Turkey (and Syria) have only to take their seat(s) to make it complete.

Whether it is Erdogan or another Leader in Turkey, they must take a long hard look at a BBF for the own Constitutional Reform (include now also the Ukraine (and Russia), beside Cyprus, who need one as well).

...a State, Basic Human Rights, (Freedom), where Citizens are treated as Individuals and as equals. And respect, (Liberty), recognition as Persons, having at another level of Government, Constituent states.

Turkey has never been more divided, internally among its People, and externally with its neighbours and friends.

Erdogan's fate is set: whether he (along with Mr. Putin and Zelenskyy) can solve "the Problem" plagueing us/them all, or live in infamy, warring, wanting more power; instead and as a Statesman having failed. 

...change is coming, that's for sure; things can't stay this way for ever..

Ukrainian Issue

 https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47975-8320.html#p928340

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...a revisionist like Putin cannot hide from people with minds. Technicalities on the war front mean nothing to a People willing to fight; however crude these opponents are in this regard.

War against Ukraine? No, a war against ('our') Civilization: against a rule for people, against a rule by the people; "Individual" Rights but only as Persons.

...the box called Stalin is empty, far more dangerous this man who fills it with his lies.

What is Putin to Russia if in (t)his war he cannot keep the trains working on time; indeed there are far more Russians than ''Russians'', and this is always something to keep in mind.

Indeed the solution is found, in the Problem's resolution; escape from its misery is not found with Putin's defeat, but by real change in all of us toward each other.

...let's not forget the bigger enemies left unattended from such Ignorance (and plunder), like Hunger and Disease, (i.e. Climate Change), enemies which if unresolved will kill us all.

Mutually-agreed solution to Cyprus problem ‘a fading scenario’, UN official says (Updated)

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/09/29/mutually-agreed-solution-to-cyprus-problem-a-fading-scenario-un-official-says/

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 ...the fact remains, even after decades of having been unnaturally torn apart, Cypriots are neither "Greeks" or "Turks". While "They" have presented their candidates to the voting public, not one has won an overwhelming majority. Cypriots may not have the representation they truly want, but such an Identity does not wane.

...what is the Problem? It is not a problem with Cypriots. They seek their Basic Human Rights, and they demonstrate this with lives defending the Universal Principles on which such Freedom for Individuals equally exists. It, is a matter of Persons, and their importance politically in such a hierarchy; who holds power, Greeks and Turks (call them Cypriots), or "Greeks" and "Turks"? ...ask: if there is a Republic and a Turkish Constituency seeking its recognition and respect; (because they do not exist) where are the other Cypriot Constituencies? What of Liberty having defined Freedom clearly enough? ...indeed, without a solution to the Problem, it has spread to become a problem among many Peoples: where "They" usurp the Rights of Individuals simply by ignoring them; defining people as Persons first.

‘The crossings may be open but Cyprus is still a divided island’

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/09/25/the-crossings-may-be-open-but-cyprus-is-still-a-divided-island/?fbclid=IwAR1JEwSP6HbQ5Wg-bTir96z9UvuZIM0OgBrvQC4OGgXiMcOyIJZ_3Olx-_4

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...indeed, Koray Basogrultmacı and Cinel Senem Husseyin, have demonstrated that the Flag of Cyprus does not represent a "Greekness", or a "Turkishness", but that in "belonging" it is Cypriot. Thanks to them, flying this flag, the Flag of Cyprus, is no longer "illegal" in the occupied territories; although it still remains a dangerous thing to do.

They bent what seems an impossibly intransigent regime with one truth, that Cyprus and Cypriots exist.

All of us can demonstrate the same courage, through action, for Cyprus and for the possibility that Cypriots can take control of the Agenda, simply by seeking each other out, crossing the Green Line with the very intention to buy in stores, to eat in restaurants, or to rest in hotels that are Cypriot owned, to choose wisely as social and political acts.

Yet, this simple gesture, flying 'our' Flag, may lead to someone being shot, it's been suggested to me, it must be done, by 'us'. And on our beaches no less, making picnics ourselves despite the "Greeks" and the "Turks" against it.

...more of 'it', "being" Cypriot is necessary, to build the trust that Turcophones need, and, the respect that the overwhelming Grecophone majority also needs as well: to overcome their fear; to be willing to defend each other.

Cyprus: A very troubled flag

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/09/11/cyprus-a-very-troubled-flag/

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...and yet so many did (die for this Flag): unsung Heroes who remained in their homes thinking of values higher than what "Greekness" and "Turkishness" represented and which are embodied in this Flag of Cyprus; indeed, unarmed, civil, and more reasoned, they were disappeared and murdered, Turkish and Greek perhaps, not "Them" clearly but Cypriot. Let's not Forget, them.

Erdogan begs us to show ourselves on the single field of honour that should mean something to us as Cypriots.

...our beaches, and our streets, deserve our attention: the People, who under this Flag may send a powerful message to him and to a leadership who have taken to thinking that they are not Cypriots, but "Greek Cypriots" and "Turkish Cypriots", comfortable as Persons because it is the electorate over which they hold power: leaving 'us' usurped as Individuals (and as Cypriots) of our Basic Human Rights.

Who treats (and who treated) this Flag as a rag?

...ask yourselves, where is a Leader who represents Cypriots? (i remind you that over decades 'we' represent never less than half the vote either side of the "Green Line"); it is what Cypriots need. Who dares to stand under this Flag and speak to 'us'; for Cypriots, to "be", the President of Cyprus: 'their' President not "theirs".

I cannot think that changing the Flag is a good idea because it would be a betrayal to those who stood for higher convictions in Cyprus and died miserably; the Universal Principles which make us all equals and Free. Indeed, dismissing 'us' has been what "they" have always wanted; in my mind that is just plain wrong.

Our goals are identical on Cyprus solution

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/09/04/our-goals-are-identical-on-cyprus-solution/

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...i have read your proposal twice so far. It pleases me in that there is nothing overtly wrong in its intentions.

However, there are issues (i have), having made several attempts to express them to your Forum and having had no reply, having had my posts here deleted, that i can only hope you may have seen them, or are aware of them.

Half my life (and more) has been involved as an activist toward Cyprus' liberation, years now writing everyday, (it is easy to find me: google repulsewarrior), not just from the Turkish Army's illegal occupation, but from the "Greekness" and the "Turkishness" that brought ruin to my family and to thousands more who value higher Principles and our dignity as Human beings, equal in such basic Rights.
((And i feel i have been ignored.) (But, i will try again.))

...define a Cypriot: as an Individual; first.

Let Cypriots define themselves as Persons; who by residing in such a Constituency's Jurisdiction may be identified as a minority have special needs compared to this majority accordingly. Cypriots in this way will assure each's capacity, as Constituencies to serve all Cypriots; in one language or another, first, perhaps, but one hopes in an even greater capacity accordingly. Such as it is, and as it should be: Cypriots are not "Greeks", nor are they "Turks", Cypriots may be Greek and/or Turkish, and also neither; but, they are Individuals and as such none of "that" matters in fact. Cypriots, as Individuals, want a State. Cypriots as Persons want representation too.

...and what about enclaves; just a dirty word: is it?

The green line no longer a militarised "border", only a frontier among many is something to think about if across the whole island they (enclaves) were scattered. Justice seen, at least for some from '63 an '74 who may return as Communities, along with their (natural) Rights as Individuals. Free Movement, Association and Expression are secured by such change to our Political Geography, for all Cypriots it makes for a new beginning. Service by either Constituency will be close at hand anywhere on the island, in any case; the Citizen in effect having more choice(s), and the National Assemblies' electorates would span island-wide.

...i don't see 'your' ballot clearly in my mind.

Democracy is based on the Ballot, isn't it. Mine, if you've read my manifesto is clear. Each and every Citizen's ballot is respected in exactly the same way. In my Cyprus, Policy will drive politicians; for their Parties to have power (at the Federal level), they will have to appeal to all Cypriots, in effect gaining a majority by appealing to both Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots accordingly in a Legislature where the seats are evenly divided and each and every voter votes in the same way for one of each. Frankly, i don't like "weighting"; demographics change. There is no point it seems to me to set such proportions in stone, and it seems absurd, as a Cypriot if you are Russian, Sri Lankan, or Lebanese, e.g. The Constituencies may see things differently for example, on how to get things done, having minorities with their own Agendas in mind; but Cypriots, through their Republic, will have set a standard that they expect such self-representation to hold to account, the National Assemblies to complete.

Ethnographically speaking, if Cypriots want to defend their distinct identities they will come to understand that it depends on their welcoming nature (in more languages than Turkish and Greek), as facilitators of exchange to those from three Continents close by who will want to live here, and from afar (feeling the same threat from an English everyone (must) speaks, meeting many Cypriots who speak their language they may be willing to learn another language too.) Imagine Cyprus in two hundred years, that is really not a long time from now; what does "Greek" and "Turkish" matter, in such a world, if as a Cypriot in Cyprus your vote is based on where you reside?

...enosis: i say; it is time to take back the word.

What is wrong with the Flag of Cyprus? Who treats it and who treated it as a rag? Why should they the murderous around us have such satisfaction, that it will change? And further more, on a personal note, i would like to hear Cyprus' National Anthem, the one hidden in a drawer somewhere, before deciding on a new one. The Flag is our flag, the People's. It sends a powerful message. Indeed, the people must stand together under this flag, if they are ever to free themselves from "Them". I see more reasons for the Flag to stay the same, than to change it.

On our beaches we should be having picnics together. And under 'our' flag, that's enosis; who would refuse?

...who knows, maybe we will.

Who as a Cypriot doesn't want to say, enough, to such notions as "Greekness" and "Turkishness" because 'we' are not few and insignificant as such dogmatists will have us believe. As voters over decades now, voters unnaturally divided have not voted overwhelmingly for "Them", never less than half voting as Cypriots; i remind us all again and again.

...wishing you well, Mr. Christos.

North seeks to reduce queues at checkpoints

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/08/31/north-seeks-to-reduce-queues-at-checkpoints/

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...indeed, the question becomes, who is crossing and for what reason.

Cypriots who spend money with each other, who seek each other out, in effect are Patriotic under the circumstances.

Those who go for the Casinos or cheap gas in affect are traitors, no better than the "Turks", but "Greeks".

...this war against "Turkishness" must be won, more Cypriots should come together. "Greekness" too must end.

As Greeks and as Turks we have the responsibility as Cypriots to represent a higher order of values, to defend the Universal Principles which as Individuals ('we') assure our Basic Human Rights. (This is the Problem.)

More Cypriots must act, and act together, given the existential question Cypriots face: are they Greek, or are they "Greek", are they Turkish, or are they "Turkish"; are they Cypriots, (no more)?

Cyprus would be against visa ban for Russian citizens

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/08/20/cyprus-would-be-against-visa-ban-for-russian-citizens/

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...now is a good time for the EU to show solidarity with the Russian People; they will suffer most from the sanctions already imposed as they take affect, and it is they most of all who will suffer the most with Putin "winning".

Sanctions like these only prove Putin's point; that the EU, its present Leadership at least, have no credibility if they are willing to ignore their own Principles and values. Who are they fighting for exactly (and for what)?

"Russians", let's remember, are not unlike those "Turkish" in Cyprus; illegal occupiers. Yet, let's also not forget that "Greeks" are not better than "Ukrainians" (they do exist), because Greeks, Turks, Russians, and Ukrainians exist as well, who live and act quite differently, and who as Human beings act accordingly.

...this is the Problem.

Turkey prepared for 1974 Cyprus ‘peacekeeping operation’ for ten years, official says

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/08/10/turkey-prepared-for-1974-cyprus-peacekeeping-operation-for-ten-years-official-says/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=7d228f34-321b-4b58-9561-b3301b21c958

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...indeed, we see from this speech the Cyprus Problem as it relates to the Treaty of Lausanne actually.

Yet, Cypriots remain chattel to "Turks"; Turkish Cypriots enjoy no Freedom (given the Protocol) under "Cypriot Turks".

...what was Cyprus but a barrack with services to the Sultan; what is it now?

''All this, he added, “is very valuable to show our transition from a Turkey, which was able to reach its expatriates in Cyprus only 10 years later, due to insufficient means, to a Turkey, which has demonstrated the will of the Blue Homeland”.''

...Cyprus (or a part of it) "belonging" to Turkey is not the whole story.

Turkiye FM: We defend Turkish Cypriots' 'usurped rights'

 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220810-turkiye-fm-we-defend-turkish-cypriots-usurped-rights/

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...let me guess, the Foreign Minister also defends the Alevi just as well as he does the Turkish Cypriots, being both's representative.

And i ask then, who are the "Cypriot Turks" to Mr. Cavusoglu, because it is they who are so willing to accept Turkey's dictates?

Turkish Cypriots do not want Turkey to forbid them to "be" who they are, to speak and associate as Cypriots; usurped of their rights long ago when both "Greeks" and "Turks" went on their murderous rampages, for "Greekness" and "Turkishness".

Who were/are their victims, i ask? But for the most part unarmed and civilian, as well as Cypriots more reasoned; not each other.

...their Basic Human Rights (like all Cypriots) were removed from them as Individuals with such an identity dismissed.

...so too their choices as Persons, what is the "Protocol"?

Taking the Cypriot people for a ride

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/08/07/taking-the-cypriot-people-for-a-ride/

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...indeed, your plaint well said; all of them interlocutors (except Makarios, despite what some may say were errors, who passed four (five with the coup) assassination attempts for "being" Cypriot). And having excluded Erdogan's escalations of the recent past.

There is only one way it seems for the People to get what they want today; as Individuals, dignity and respect, their Basic Human Rights, equal with no further distinction or discrimination, to "be" Cypriots, and it is to unite (on our beaches having picnics under 'our' Flag, the one "They" treat as a rag, the Flag of Cyprus in peace), in enosis you might say, as a political choice giving it a Cypriot meaning that those for "Greekness" and "Turkishness" would rather have the rest of us ignore as out of place.

...who says 'we' are few but "them"? Let's not forget that even unnaturally divided as Cypriots, they vote, never less than half of them, Turkish or Greek, for candidates that are not "Greek" or "Turkish". It says quite a lot over the decades, i think.

Let's say, to be more accurate, that the leadership on both sides of the Green Line having their own power in mind are failing 'us', given that their representation of Cypriots, as anything but "Turks" and "Greeks", is entirely lacking from their Platforms.

Cyprus solution: a comprehensive set of ideas

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/07/31/cyprus-solution-a-comprehensive-set-of-ideas/

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In my Cyprus, as a voter for the Bicameral Legislature of the Republic, i would vote thricely in effect from three separate ballots: for a Turkish Cypriot Representative, for a Greek Cypriot Representative, and for an Independent representative. Thusly, Parties who want to command a majority in a Chamber where the seats are evenly divided Turkish and Greek, will have candidates on both slates, and accordingly their values and Policy will have to appeal to the electorate as Cypriots Greek and Turkish. A Leader, the President having won a majority in such a House, with winning a majority of seats would not necessarily be Greek despite the overwhelming nature of this demographic; Parties in effect will compete on Principle instead: where every voter and every vote is the same. And, in the House which is for sober second thought, people known more locally, possibly for issues more regional or as problem solvers will be on the third ballot; voting by consensus once elected, represented by their Speaker, each representing a more local population, (their voters per se) and not any Party. (Such representatives will provide a voice to independent thinkers, distinct identities, people widely respected, and those who may be preparing themselves to be better candidates in Cyprus' political life.) Sitting in the Legislature's Committees allows such Representatives to debate in their House more profoundly the issues toward informing the public their view (as a safety valve) from a different perspective overall. They may call for amendments, they may refuse a Bill outright, but after a third presentation, if the Legislature persists such a Bill becomes Law; with the public aware.

In my Cyprus, Nicosia would be home to three Capitals. And as a measure of frugality the Bureaucracy is harmonised, seperate perhaps, but having a unified mission, having the capacity to serve all Cypriots accordingly. In such a Bureaucracy promotion would be based on merit, being trilingual and being bilingual would be greater assets, so too being multilingual speaking Arabic for example, which in Cyprus Maronites (among others) speak.

In my Cyprus, the division of power between the Federal Government and the Constituencies in Cyprus, legislatively speaking is not so hard to understand; where one level sets standards and their criteria (accountability) as the People; Cypriots being Individuals. While the other, the Constituencies, being Persons, demonstrate their Goodwill in their capacity to provide services, choosing how to execute these decisions independently, mindful as a majority that living among them minorities have special needs as well, within what is their territorial Jurisdictions. The Constituencies themselves may associate, and they may even present themselves in unanimity, like when it comes to representing their consideration toward legislation the Federal Government will take or that they want changed, for example; it would be a powerful message in any case..

In my Cyprus, while the "Green Line" will continue to exist little unchanged it will be no "border", and no "Checkpoint" will exist on it, it will not be armed, being only an indication of a frontier among many where enclaves will have been added to the geographic fabric of Cyprus, on both sides of it. Cypriots will enjoy the fact that service, schools, and hospitals, in their own language first, is always near no matter where they live, with enclaves, island-wide. Cypriots will (have to) trust in each other, and respect themselves, having Free Movement, Free Association, and Free Expression in such an environment: as Cypriots. Both National Assemblies, composed (also) of such parts competing for their attention, benefit from such diversity adding to their vitality, the voter closer and more concerned with decisions made locally effectively resulting in better decisions being made from the debate, and better accountability, in their National Assemblies respectively. The displaced let's not forget, will have Justice seen, with enclaves, if as Turkish and Greek Cypriots they return as communities living together in their Urban centers. And if as, Communities, (not just as an Individual's Right of Return but,) as they were removed, they see for some at least the return of their villages too.

...some suggestions i hope you'll find helpful.

TRNC Presidency: UN Security Council perpetuates Cyprus status quo

 https://cyprusscene.com/2022/07/31/trnc-presidency-un-security-council-perpetuates-cyprus-status-quo/

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The mission of the UN in Cyprus is to defend Cypriots. Indeed, who can forget what was done in the name of "Greekness" and "Turkishness", not against each other but to those who they lived among unarmed and more reasoned.

Such dogmatic representations of living exclude all "others" and in the process usurp our  Basic Human Rights, that we are all equals, (Lest we Forget) and that while we are Persons it is as Individuals that we make this choice.

Cypriots, even divided as they have been now for decades, remain as a voting population never less than half; they are not few as "They" would have the world believe.

"Greeks" and "Turks" have their differences; and as murderous mobs they are very much the same. Greeks and Turks as Cypriots have every reason to wish UNFICYP to stay.  

New bicommunal settlement proposal launched

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/07/24/new-settlement-proposal-launched/

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...glancing through it, i still don't understand what the ballot would look like at the polling booth.

...certainly don't like the flag that is proposed. Cyprus has a flag, there is more reason to keep it than to change it. Let's remember who we are, then as now a loving people who as Cypriots never were "Greeks" or "Turks" but something quite different as Greeks or (read: and) Turks. Let's not forget who were murdered or disappeared. They were not the extremists with their mythic dogmas that died fighting each other for the most part; unarmed, or more reasoned were their victims. I am not ashamed of this Flag, none of 'us' should be, either. It is what Cypriots recognise as "belonging" to them. It is the most powerful tool we have, as a matter of fact, if we are willing to stand under it, despite those who treat it as a rag, in enosis you might say; Cypriots giving it a Cypriot meaning.

Indeed it is a good first step; recognising above all that as Individuals, everyone has the same Basic Human Rights, where as equals we have the same responsibilities toward each other, (and, as a Human race). As such, within such a State, (a BBF), such a People will express themselves beyond the Individual as Persons, having as Constituencies Liberty as well, demonstrating their own capacity of self-representation; as a majority, of respect and recognition toward the minorities living among them.

...i am hopeful that such notions will bring an end to the Problem which grows far beyond these island's shores, (Turkey for example, needing Constitutional reform has never been more divided.) (Dare i say Israel, Syria, Libya, and Iraq) and which i fear as a problem among many problems will divide the Ukraine, for "Russianness" or "Ukrainianness", having no (other) solution to emulate or to hold in high esteem.

...Cyprus has a National Anthem, hidden in a drawer somewhere; wish i knew it's lyrics.

cheers. (good luck)

Our View: 48 years after the invasion, we are a step away from partition

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/07/21/our-view-48-years-after-the-invasion-we-are-a-step-away-from-partition/

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...if we (the other half) allow ourselves to be divided, we lose our Basic Human Rights. As this island's dwellers, as Individuals, as Cypriots, we will not be Free to act lovingly toward each other and this land. Indeed the "Greeks" and "Turks" that live among us will have what they want the baby torn in two; so Solomon would say: this is the Problem.

Calls for unity as Cyprus marks anniversary of 1974 coup

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/07/15/calls-for-unity-as-cyprus-marks-anniversary-of-1974-coup/

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...sadly, politicians speak to their electors.

...as "Greeks" they speak to Greeks, and that disgusts me frankly; who dares to speak to Cypriots as Cypriots i ask?

They, Cypriots, have no representation it seems. (Yet even when votes are counted divided as 'we' are, Cypriots are never less than half of the total vote after all these decades.) And they are not few as those "Greek" and "Turkish" will have you believe. What can be expected but more platitudes if on such a day these elite(s) "Turkish" and "Greek") do not dedicate themselves to "be" neither one of these; against "Them", as Cypriots (taking back the word) in enosis.

...the day is coming when Cypriots, as the People, will have no choice but to act despite their leadership.

It is the People who must speak for themselves, if these so called leaders cannot think beyond their own success.

Cyprus honours today all those who sacrificed their life to defend democracy during the coup d’etat

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/07/15/cyprus-honours-today-all-those-who-sacrificed-their-life-to-defend-democracy-during-the-coup-detat/

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...a man who has dedicated his life to "Turkishness" awaits us to show ourselves (if 'we' exist as Cypriots); are Cypriots, as the "Greeks" and "Turks" living among us say, too few and insignificant?

There is one Flag that belongs to the People. (There is a National Anthem too, hidden in a drawer somewhere.)

...who would prevent Cypriots from gathering under this flag if they so choose?

And why not on the beaches, in front of our shops and our houses, on our cars, across the whole island where Cypriots live; such a demonstration I would like to see: so many Flags that "They" cannot ignore them.

Our View: Has the UN presence in Cyprus itself become part of the problem?

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/07/08/has-the-un-presence-in-cyprus-itself-become-part-of-the-problem/

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...the UN is in Cyprus for exactly the same reason that the world supports Ukraine. Here in Cyprus, we the People, suffer its results; the Problem. There in the Ukraine, the People have not been divided yet, but such a solution seems to be inviting. ...who wins if this is the case? Not Humanity, neither the Basic Human Rights 'we' seem to take for granted. They are lost to those with their mythic dogmas at the extremes; yes "Ukrainians" exist, and so too "Russians", no different to the ''Greeks'' and ''Turks'' who in Cyprus have done no better, for (and to) Cypriots. Is there something better, to replace the UN. And the Universal Principles that they defend and represent? (...ask yourselves.) ...a BBF ends such conflicts easily; it is a matter of intentions. It is what people want (in Turkey, in Russia, in Cyprus, (to name a few), and in the Ukraine too); Representation as a State, where there is as Individuals no distinction or discrimination as Citizens, in Freedom equal, and where, that within this State exists as well Constituencies, Persons in Liberty representing themselves as a Majority with the same Goodwill always mindful of the minorities living among them in Good Faith, demonstrating this capacity by providing in their Agenda for these special needs as well. (What is the USA, if not the first BBF?) It is a matter of overcoming our own Ignorance as Mankind, as a Human race, because we should not be fighting each other, Lest we Forget. There are however (like Hunger, Disease, and Plunder), bigger enemies which need the same Hatefulness against them. Indeed, the UN remains in Cyprus to defend Cypriots; because the "Greeks" and "Turks" that live among them have already shown themselves to be no different as murderers in treachery against each other perhaps but most surely against those not like them: (in practical terms) more reasoned, unarmed, and having a civil nature. Cyprus is and has been the cross-road to three continents for millennia; who should "own" it? (...and in the Ukraine; ask yourselves.) Does Solomon in his wisdom tear babies in half? (...who but a "Greek" or a "Turk" would be against their interest (UNFYCYP) in Cyprus; i ask.) The UN is welcome to stay, i say; and until the Problem is ended for 'me': as a Cypriot i am grateful.

Neophytou unveils 100-point plan to modernise Cyprus

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/07/04/neophytou-unveils-100-point-plan-to-modernise-cyprus/

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...this is interesting; but it is boots on the ground that's needed: if it is Cypriots this man is reaching out to i hope he remembers that Cypriots live across the whole island, and that they are not few as the "Greeks" and "Turks" among them would have the world to believe. Cypriots need Leadership as Cypriots, despite the fact that in the dysfunctional state of the Republic's existence it allows 'a Greek Constituency' to choose the country's President.

"This" must change. (...so said the Rev. Tutu when he visited here with other elders not so long ago.)

...indeed, in Education, in Health, and in Welfare, in the Infrastructure which provide us modern lives, it is not hard to imagine the standards set for such enterprise and accountability, by a Central Government in Cyprus by Cypriots as a whole. However, the execution of same, (and its care), if left to the Cypriot Constituencies will leave taxpayers closer to such investments (and their money).

Always mindful of the minorities living among them while acting as Majorities fulfilling objectives having their own Agenda, is likely to produce better results for the public, and their Constituency, overall; (such is a BBF).

...and in Tourism for example, there are Cypriots who own and operate in the occupied territories such businesses; a registry, and subsidy, to and for this commerce to flourish should include them, because should travelers, or Cypriots wish to visit the whole island, they may be able to sleep more easily should they decide to stay overnight.

Audacious is Cypriots (not "Greeks" and not "Turks" but Greek and Turkish) rallying under the only flag that is rightfully theirs, the Flag of Cyprus, on the beaches (and on the beach) making souvla; "picnics" of their own.

Audacious is singing Cyprus' National Anthem because it exists and should not be hidden in a drawer somewhere.

“Olgun: Two equal parties will lead to sustainable reconciliation”

 https://cyprusscene.com/2022/06/29/olgun-two-equal-parties-will-lead-to-sustainable-reconciliation/

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…indeed, this is hopeful (in a counter-intuitive kind of way); when will there exist an equal to the Turkish Constituency i ask as well because a BBF cannot exist without it:

…where, as Persons Cypriots may express themselves as Majorities who demonstrate their Goodwill, and in Good Faith by sustaining the minorities living among them providing in their Agendas these special needs as well.

…and as Individuals; without further distinction or discrimination, representation as such: at a higher level of government, Citizens of a State, where as equals ‘we’ are all defending the values and Universal Principles which define us as Human beings.

…as it appears in the occupied territories, as in the Republic (dysfunctional as it is), half the population is Cypriot and, half are “Greek” or “Turkish”, this over decades remains the fact.

Cypriots, having both is not anathema to being Free, as Individuals, who as Persons demonstrate the same respect in Liberty. It is natural. (It is to Turkey the example that it needs for its Constitutional reform so that as a People, their diversity becomes their strength.)

In any case we are not only “Cypriot Turks” and “Greeks”; this too is something to think about.

Cyprus and Israel: Lessons From the Pursuit of Lasting Peace in the Eastern Mediterranean (edited for resubmission)

 https://hir.harvard.edu/cyprus-and-israel-lessons-for-lasting-peace-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/

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Divided as they are, for the People of Israel and the People of Cyprus, most certainly there will be no solution without taking into account that the dwellers in Israel have lived together in effect for thousands of years, or, as in Cyprus, that Cypriots are also considered, (and at a cross road to three continents), as also having lived under subjugation, as a culture still surviving, for as long. As in the Ukraine, watching it in the process of being torn up, in this problem too, the Problem is exposed to be the same for all of them.

Indeed as Persons they differ, yet their extremes see the solution through brutal force toward each other.
(...how convenient for "Them", the other half their hapless victims mostly unarmed and civilians.)

Where is the Humanity beyond that, once a People are divided? Where is our/their Basic Human Rights, the Peoples' representation as Individuals; without further distinctions or discrimination, equals in defending the values and Universal Principles that make it so (without them united)?

...hijacked, the Agenda.

Must Cypriots be "Greek"? Must Turcophones be "Turkish"? Must Israelis be (only) Jewish? And Russians, not "Russians", in the Ukraine (and in Russia), don't they exist?

...i ask the readers to recall that the USA is a BBF (Bizonal Bicommunal Federation); as a Modern concept, (just predating the French Revolution) it was the very first as a matter of fact. That within a State (where there exists a Rule of Law and Good Government), Individuals are Free to express their thoughts without fear, to travel and to associate accordingly. And, having constituencies (at another level of government), this Liberty, as Persons, allows for such distinct identities to thrive, to share in Goodwill and in Good Faith, as Majorities recognising and respecting the Minorities that live among them by providing in their Agenda these special needs as well.

So it is that intentions count.

In Cyprus, i am hoping it is the beaches Cypriots will take to make souvla together at their own "picnics" this summer, to demonstrate themselves to be a loving people; one as such: that would make a most hopeful change and a fine example difficult to ignore. I suggest in Israel the same may occur, demonstrations of Israelis, Arabs and Jews wanting change, because it will expose those against such a notion, the "Jews" and "Arabs" (as they define themselves; to be unable of such tolerance). It will become that much more difficult for "Them" to dismiss (in effect about half the voting population in either case) as insignificant and too few to matter, the People seen to be united (in this way); that too is a great step forward.

...yes, i am hopeful (still) having Faith in the notion of 'Us', as those not "Them".

And in the Ukraine at this moment three men of great talent will decide their own fate, as Heroes, by ending the(ir) Problem(s) with a Political model that they all know too well, a BBF, (a solution, that is by all of us defined as "perfect"; in Freedom where an Individual is most clearly defined to be no different to any other Individual and in Liberty that as Persons they (these Citizens) at another level of government are given the capacity to demonstrate this respect and trust toward each other accordingly: perfect because all countries may emulate its values, held in such esteem), or, as failures these men will have to live with this infamy, possibly (one) facing War Crimes as a consequence.

In this Ukraine, these men may change themselves and they may change the world.

(n.b. Erdogan too, now faces the divisiveness of "Turkishness" at home beyond Cyprus, tearing at the very fabric of his own State; in his own Constitutional reform, (with an end to the Problem; recognising Cypriots as well, while uniting Ukraine) will he redefine "Turks" on time for Turkey's Centennial in two years: will a BBF do just fine in Turkey too?). (And of Putin having sacked Russia's Democracy, (to be a lesser BBF, and one far more militaristic); this "Russianness" not having demonstrated itself to be better for him, what will he change it to, again? (With a better BBF in Russia, like a better BBF in Turkey and the Ukraine will he save himself from infamy?)

Or, is it Zelinskiy who will cave,? Under their powerful influence, around such men, the constant pressure to choose; unable to see a change in them ultimately becoming them, to reach no further than "Ukrainians" in war and as a State, (depending on men like "them" to defend his "side" with as much brutality toward his own civilians): while "being" Ukrainian is far more complex? (...the answer to this question, if "They" remain unchanged i fear most of all.)

Change (as in intentions) would seem imminent, everywhere, at this extraordinary moment, what with the existential questions we face as a race called Human, what with real enemies like Hunger and Disease to fight; we should not be fighting each other (lest we Forget): Ignorance perhaps is the greatest enemy of all.

...the Problem is the problem (or is it the other way around?); in Cyprus, and in Israel, (in Turkey), primarily, as in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Libya, and now soon to be it seems in the Ukraine: our world missing the point as yet splitting 'us' in two. As Martin Luther King said, beyond desegregation is integration, and as Rev. Tutu said, "This" must stop; two men who know the Problem well, it is something to think about all around.

(dare i say as an example, and in the USA: the Problem; "Americans" abound who consider Americans not like "them" to be un-American, enemies of "their" State.)

Let's remember Solomon in his wisdom did not tear the baby in two.