To: Doctor13
I've never understood why the EU has long since legitimated the continued Turkish military occupation of the Northern part of the island Has the UN or EU ever addressed the status of the refugees living in the South?
Why is Turkey's invasion of Cyprus in 1974 any less reprehensible than Iraq's invasion of Kuwait? Russia's invasion of Afghanistan?
3 posted on
05/02/2004 4:51:28 AM PDT by
jimtorr
(Obsessive grammar freak since 1959.)
To: jimtorr
Why is Turkey's invasion of Cyprus in 1974 any less reprehensible than Iraq's invasion of Kuwait? Russia's invasion of Afghanistan? It happened at the height of the Cold War.
Turkey was a key player in NATO. US missile bases in Turkey were pivotal in containing the Soviet Union.
Just my opinion, but I would suspect that it was thought that if any pressure were put on Turkey they might change sides.
6 posted on
05/02/2004 5:09:48 AM PDT by
Pontiac
(Ignorance of the law is no excuse, ignorance of your rights can be fatal.)
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