newsflash,
there are regular incursions by turkey into greek airspace. They are daily, so your point is a big yawn.
Colin powel's incompetence in pushing the Coffi Annan Plan on cyprus is an added insult that has hurt our reputation in the region.
Greece has the largest military in the region and hands down the largest navy.
The United States has been essentially useless the the region and has abdicated its leadership role since 1964. The USA depends on Greece as a stabalizing buffer force for the balkans.
You also forget Cyprus is a BRITISH created problem.
Colin powel's incompetence in pushing the Coffi Annan Plan on cyprus is an added insult that has hurt our reputation in the region.No, the UN plan was rejected by Greeks living on Cyprus. They don't want a brokered plan, they want all Turks off the island and union with Greece. That vote embarrassed the government of Greece.
Greece has the largest military in the region and hands down the largest navy.Turkey's army (600,000 men) is the second largest in Europe, after Russia's. Greece's army wasn't enough to hold on to territory seized in the 1920s when Greece invaded Turkey.
The USA depends on Greece as a stabalizing buffer force for the balkans.Oh, that explains all the stability in the Balkans. The Greek gov't insisted that Macedonia could only be recognized as "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia". That's a brilliant contribution by a nation renowned for its diplomatic abilities.
You also forget Cyprus is a BRITISH created problem.No, Archbishop Makarios illegally removed 13 articles from the constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, turned a blind eye to Greek atrocities against Turkish Cypriotes, and threatened even more, all the while pushing for union with Greece (a position he took at least as early as 1948). The world did nothing about it. Turkish patience ran out in 1974.