AH: Prevent Cyprus from being Divided

Yes I have, but it seems you've only listened to a few opinion pieces. What the Greeks are going through currently is austerity taken to the extreme trying to pay off debt which is unsustainable. All those bail-outs aren't for helping the Greeks, the vast majority of it goes right back to the debtors so they're receiving no benefit from it to allow their economy to grow.

The Greeks have high debt, a stagnant and depressed economy, a horrible unemployment rate with there going be to long term problems regardless of if the economy improves due to obscene young adult unemployment and long-term unemployment overallr, living standards have been slashed ruthlessly and they're being forced into a policy that we know from economic theory decades old simply doesn't work because more and more austerity is not the solution.

They have made poor decisions in the past and their bureaucracy can be improved but that doesn't excuse the current practices it's being forced to take which won't actually help them work their way out of the problem which was what the entire Greek election saga was about.

Regardless of that, the Cypriots will vote for the EU as this is during 2004 and it's seen as absolutely essential for their future economic prosperity so they'd be forced to get over their discriminatory attitude towards to Northern Cypriots. They have nothing to remotely tempt the EU with either as between a choice of half of Cyprus vs Turkey there is no comparison.

You're assuming 1) people will make the logical choice for the future of their nation. 2) people vote for their best interests. 3)People aren't "racist" and vote that way (disregarding the fact that Turks and Greeks are both genetically more similar than Irish and English). 4) That nations have a collective mind.

You are making all wrong assumptions. No way the Greeks vote yes. The EU telling them to will only make them more stubborn.

PS- Saying no to the bailout and austerity measures is the most stupid thing any nation could have done and hurt the world economy by doing so. The fact that the government put it to a vote proves my point about people in general and the fact that the Greek government knew what I'm saying- they knew the people would say no. And Greece did a disservice to the world, any self-respecting national government would never have left it to a popular vote and by doing just that the Greek govt gave a big middle finger to the World and said "we don't care if we bring down the entire world economic system".
 
Have Nikos Sampson take a more bellicose nationalistic line and make some rather foolish statements regarding Britain's two Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia and reclaiming them. The British already not wanting to potentially lose these strategic bases get wind of Turkish moves and realising what the likely outcome will be invokes the Article IV of the Treaty of Guarantee to launch a military intervention to restore Makarios III as President and reinstate civilian rule.

Also, whilst it might have a slight relevance to the discussion at hand can we not drag a political debate that should really be in Chat into things? Thanks.
 
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