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These are the types of actions that I was referring to when I pointed out that Turkey is not trying to find a solution for Cyprus in good faith. Erdogan is not interested in the prosperity of Cyprus, and he doesn’t care about the well being of Turkish Cypriots. If not even Turkish Cypriots like...

Putin is a pigmy compared to Stalin. He would like to be perceived like the evil Stalin, but he is just a schoolyard bully type that would go in hiding the first time he gets slapped back. He is evil, but also a coward. He and his gang of thugs don’t give a damn about Russia, they only care...

Nobody can force Turkey to accept the customary law, because as you say, sovereignty is above that. But from a neutral perspective, customary law is how conflicts should be resolved in an acceptable way. The party that challenges customary law is in the wrong, because it doesn’t accept what is...

The correct thing would be for Israel to leave, at least the territories it occupied following the previous wars. Of course they won’t do it, but I was talking about what is right and wrong, not about what will happen. Turkey should leave Cyprus and Russia should also leave Ukraine. It is one...

Their willingness to push the button is just propaganda and bluffing. You fell for it. They didn’t push the button when they left Afghanistan because they couldn’t hold it anymore, and they won’t push the button if they need to leave Ukraine. Why should they sacrifice Moscow and St Petersburg...

It was ok for Turkey to intervene. The problem is, it forgot to leave, and it brought settlers from the mainland in order to alter its demographics. Also, there is the problem of displacing many innocent Greek Cypriots form their houses and their lands, which is equivalent to what the Israelis...

There are internationally recognized criteria of determining the EEZ of a country. Why shouldn’t they apply to the Greek and Turkish EEZs? If you apply the same criteria that are used for the rest of the world, Greek claims are in accordance to generally accepted conventions. On the other hand...

It was extremely biased to say the least. Greek Cypriots were not entitled proportional representation in the Senate or the Supreme Court, and they had restrictions on the areas of the island where they were allowed to live and hold property. They basically had to share power in a 1-1 ratio with...

What you call a one sided view is a neutral view that simply looks at the facts with no skin in the game. The reality is that part of Cyprus has been illegally occupied by Turkey for 50 years, and Cyprus is not allowed to function as a free democratic republic where all citizens have equal...

This kind of thinking is the definition of cowardice. Why should the West be afraid of what Russia might do, instead of letting Russia be afraid of what the West might do? In the end, Russia always has the option to withdraw from Ukraine and make peace. Do you seriously think that Russia would...

Actually, we all want it to happen. All people who support Ukraine want to see strikes inside Russia with Western weapons. As for the consequences? We should deal with whatever Russia does, which would probably be nothing, as this is what they usually do when their red lines get crossed. And if...

Sorry if I was beeing too aggressive, but what you are saying is complete nonsense. Your theory is that if Alexander the Great was Macedonian, he was not Greek, which is absurd, because you can be both Macedonian and Greek, just like you can be Athenian and Greek, Kyivan and Ukrainian, Londonese...

You are just promoting propagandistic websites that try to rewrite history. The delusion is strong with you, so I won’t waste my time anymore debating you, especially since this is also off topic here.

Yes, exactly like them. Yes, a country belongs to the people that inhabit it. What a novel concept that is… And your posts are called Scott Summers’ hipocrisy than. Because you don’t treat the Russia/Ukraine conflict the same as the Israel/Palestinian one, which is the definition of...

He was from the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia. Ancient Macedonians were just as Greek as ancient Athenians, Spartans, Corinthians, etc. They spoke the ancient Greek language, wrote with Greek alphabet and were part of the Hellenistic culture. His teacher was Aristotle and his mother was...

And that first Slavic state you mention is the predecessor of today’s Ukraine. You are being misled by the word “Rus”, assuming that they were the modern Russians, which is false. The Moscovites (the predecessors of today’s Riussians) named themselves “Russian”, in order to associate themselves...

You are making many wrong assumptions about the West, derived from the fact that you see the West as a monolithic group. There are diverging interests inside the “West”, and different opinions on many issues. The most important thing to acknowledge is that the US and the EU are convenience...

You are right in everything you said. The question is, why is this happening? The answer to that question lies with Erdogan’s attitude towards the West, Greece, Israel, and also Russia. Turkey is not seen as a trustworthy ally by the West, and this is why there is reluctance to help it build an...

You win safety, because being part of NATO means potential enemies would think twice before attacking you. There are several aggressive countries in Turkey’s region (Russia, Iran, Israel), but none of them would dare to attack Turkey as long as it is part of NATO. If you would be out, and...

You are going with countries that are geographically very far away, so they are not very likely to have meaningful economic relations with you. Malaysia, Bangladesh and Indonesia are simply too far. Some more realistic prospects for such a bloc would be Azerbaidjan, Georgia, Turkmenistan...