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Sorry, WTF ? The Republic of Cyprus is a sovereign state, it's not part of Greece.

• gaius 15y ago
  Then they won't mind relinquishing their claim on it, then! And British peacekeepers can withdraw at last.
  • handelaar 15y ago
    What, essentially, you just said: "US Treasury Bonds downgraded because of the Deficit Cap row? OK, so the Americans can just sell their half of Canada to France." This Cyprus diversion of yours was just wrong to the point of surrealism. Let it go.
    • burgerbrain 15y ago
      https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Cyprus#Contemporary_era https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Cyprus#Contem... Canada hasn't been turned into a warzone in recent history by France and the US arguing over who owns it.
    • nate_meurer 15y ago
      It was only recently that Greece stopped openly calling for enosis, enjoining Cypriots to overthrow their own government if necessary. They've been quieter about that crap over the last couple of decades, but Greece still clings to the territorial dispute to justify its overgrown military. It is quite accurate to say that Greece hasn't yet let go of Cyprus, and that doing so would save it considerable money. To my knowledge, the U.S. has never encouraged Canadians to overthrow their government, nor do they use Canada as an excuse to justify an expensive cold war against, say, France.
  • rospaya 15y ago
    The UN mission, UNFICYP is multinational, and talks about withdrawal are serious. The British bases there have nothing to do with peacekeeping.