I remember the Greek vs Turk Cypriot war in 1974. I was living in a dorm of international students, one of whom was Turkish. She said to our group ‘I hope you are all for the Turks!’. I clearly remember being a supporter of the Greeks. I had no idea of the atrocities.
Thank you for the reflection.
“” “” I remember the Greek vs Turk Cypriot war in 1974. I was living in a dorm of international students, one of whom was Turkish. She said to our group ‘I hope you are all for the Turks!’. I clearly remember being a supporter of the Greeks. I had no idea of the atrocities.”” “”
— Lyndon B. Johnson, Context: ##ck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea. Greece is a flea. If these two fleas continue itching the elephant, they may just get whacked good... We pay a lot of good American dollars to the Greeks, Mr. Ambassador. If your Prime Minister gives me talk about democracy, parliament and constitution, he, his parliament and his constitution may not last long... Comment to the Greek ambassador to Washington, Alexander Matsas, over the Cyprus two-state solution in June 1964.
And Nixon was even more of a Turk cheerleader than LBJ.