You are wrong about cyprus.
The plan was rejected by the Cyriots because the plan was foisted upon them after they left negotiations. Powel was trying to push the BS non-compromise plan as his swan song and Annan wanted it to show up GWBush in contrast to Iraq.
The humiliation was solidly the UN's in fact an author wrote a book cally the cypus failure a TEXT book example of the incompetence of the UN. Posted here on FR.
The Republic of Cyprus wants to be one nation as it was before. Newsflash Cypriots consider themselves more british than Greek. As for the attrocities, those turkish attrocities have been documented enough and are more better left to the other threads on the subjects.
As for macedonia. The Former yougoslave republic was named by Marshal Tito as a land grab. Macedonia is a provence in Greece. I have actuall been there and seen Pella, the palace of Alexander and the tomb of King Philip where Alexander the Great's wife and son are burried. I have seen the ancient writings of the Alexander periord. All Greek.
Focus,
The issue here is what does this statement mean in the diplomatic circles.
I think the message is clear. "WAKE UP!Israel is going to use overwhelming force and the hostage takers AND THEIR ALIES better return the soldiers or the overwhelming force is going to wipe them off the face of the earth."
I don't think this is too different from what the USA has said today.
The Republic of Cyprus wants to be one nation as it was before.Since the "Republic of Cyprus" is the Greek portion of the island, and the Greek Cypriotes want exactly the same thing they wanted in 1960 when the Republic of Cyprus' constitution was dismembered by Makarios, "one nation as it was before" still means ethnic cleansing by the Greek majority.
As for the attrocities, those turkish attrocities have been documented enough and are more better [sic] left to the other threads on the subjects.I wasn't talking about Turkish atrocities, I was talking about the Greek atrocities on Turkish Cypriotes, the very acts which led inexorably to the Turkish intervention and the partition of the island. The Greek Cypriotes rejected the brokered plan by vote. That's the end of dreams of reunification of the island. The Turks on Cyprus don't want to live under Greek rule, remembering what it meant during the days of Makarios' rule, and the guarantees that the Greek delegation didn't want and the Greek Cypriotes rejected were intended to avoid that.
As for macedonia. The Former yougoslave republic was named by Marshal Tito as a land grab.The nation of Macedonia was indeed formerly part of Yugoslavia, but was named that because the population was largely Macedonian.
The issue here is what does this statement mean in the diplomatic circles... I don't think this is too different from what the USA has said today.The US response was just semantic.
"At the same time, Greece calls on the government of Israel to avoid the use of excessive and pointless force which cannot provide a solution to the problem." Greece has traditionally close ties with Arab countries but has also recently improved relations with Israel.That is not the same thing, although it is an improvement over the condemning statements of the Arab nations who sponsor the terrorism in the first place. When it gets to shove, Greece will, at best, wash its hands.