American deterrence, not appeasement, is needed in Cyprus

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/09/17/american-deterrence-not-appeasement-is-needed-in-cyprus/

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...very well said.

Cyprus torn as it is, what it does and has done to Cypriots, is not unlike the Ukraine (and in Russia) as it is evolving, having "Ukrainians" and "Russians" who would deny, and who deny with their hateful dogmas such an existence as a Ukrainian or a Russian who are not like "Them". And what about Turkey with its "Turkishness", how it has torn the Turkish People never more divided as they are, this too the problematic symptoms of the same problem which sixty years ago Statesman thought would be easy to solve; the Problem: but intentions count.

...the Problem, who remembers the Problem that was originally identified as the Cyprus Problem with the intention to create a perfect political framework which provides for People as Individuals Freedom and as Persons Liberty as well: the opportunity to represent their Goodwill as majorities demonstrating this in Goodfaith providing for the minorities living among them (both as Individuals and as Persons; this is a BBF).

Picking a "Side" in effect is the worst thing to do, especially since the People who are not "Them" are not few as "They" would have the rest of us believe. Let's remember for example, who has kept the Cypriot identity alive, for decades, even in this most dysfunctional state torn apart, as voters Turkish or Greek they have never given an overwhelming majority to one of "Their" candidates; Cypriots need no defining they exist, and they need help.

...let's also remember who Americans are, if not the founders of the very first BBF; on which 'our' Basic Human Rights have been founded: such a notion as Humanity and the Universal Principles 'we' stand for, all equal.

...indeed, "Americans" exist as well, Patriotic perhaps; but for the few Patriots there "They" may have won on Jan 6. It is something to think about, things having come full circle as it appears, "This" ignorance ignored returning.

The Problem is not so simple to solve, yet it is: Lest we Forget, 'we' should not be fighting each other, there are bigger enemies on which our Hatred is better used such as Hunger and Disease.

Cypriot lives matter.