Ioannis Kasoulides, a surprising emulation of Makarios
By Loucas Charalambous
I MUST admit I quite enjoy the foolish arguments used by our politicians and journalists when they attack the English, the Americans, the EU and officials of the UN. Given half an opportunity, they lash out against them, on the pretext that the above refuse to support our side, which is always in the right, and sit Turkey, which is always in the wrong, in the dock.
They are accused of following a hypocritical policy of double standards. The nonsensical comments made by President Anastasiades on his Moscow trip combined with the US and British reaction gave this bunch the excuse to bombard us with their anti-American and anti-West sloganeering.
This attitude explains how and why we are in the current mess. It is a sick mentality that is based on our political mythology of the last 50-plus years which maintains that for everything that has happened to this country the Turks and the West are to blame. We are completely blameless, the only ones without sin, but we are the envy of the whole world which has been constantly conspiring to destroy us.
While we are listening to all this rubbish from the AKEL, DIKO and EDEK leaderships as well as from the rest of our political scoundrels who remain stuck in the Makarios political culture, we accept it. But when we hear this coming from the mouths of Anastasiades and Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides, two men from DISY, the party set up some 40 years ago with the aim of fighting this sick political culture, destroying the myths, speaking honestly to people, modernising our primitive political attitudes, we can only despair.
Both told us that the behaviour of the Western countries was hypocritical and Pharisaic because they did not condemn Turkey for its ‘invasion’ of the Cypriot EEZ whereas they wanted to crush President Putin over the Ukraine. Both are outraged when they are told that the two cases are very different. But they are.
Our politicians, including Anastasiades and Kasoulides, pretend they do not know the Cyprus problem. Turkey does not recognise the Republic and that is the problem. Turkey’s position – much as we do not like it – is generally accepted by foreign countries and is along the following lines: The Greek Cypriots destroyed the partnership state of 1960, Turkish Cypriots have not been participating in it since 1964, they have set up on their own and therefore the Greek Cypriots represent only half of Cyprus; Greek Cypriots were not committed to a settlement that would lead to the establishment of a new partnership state, in contrast to the Turkish Cypriot who proved they were. For as long as this situation continues we will look after the rights of the Turkish Cypriots and will not allow the Greek Cypriots to usurp them.
This is the argument Turkey uses to justify its incursions into the Cypriot EEZ from which we want the Americans and the British to kick her out. It is also the reason we are told that the two cases are not the same. It is understandable that Turkey’s actions infuriate the Greek Cypriots who have been inculcated with the mythology about the “Turkish Cypriot rebellion”, the evil US, back-stabbing Britain, nasty NATO, the hypocritical EU and virtuous, principled Russia by our political demagogues.
Anastasiades and Kasoulides, after all these years, are emulating Makarios who thought he could play games in the ring in which the two world superpowers were sparring, with result that they crushed us. After all these years and with the benefit of hindsight, we have learnt nothing from these criminal mistakes.
Neither Anastasiades nor Kasoulides – not to mention the other political dwarfs – have understood what our problem is. They continue the demagoguery and the frivolous political games instead of concentrating on finding a solution to the problem and explaining to people why it is necessary and the risks of leaving it unsolved.
Küfi Seydali
Comment by John Mavro:
‘Neither Anastasiades nor Kasoulides – not to mention the other political dwarfs – have understood what our problem is.”
We cannot agree with the above conclusion of another otherwise very good and accurate commentary by Loucas Charalambous.
The fact is that the entire ”system” of these, as Loucas accurately describes them, ”political dwarfs” ALWAYS have understood what our problem is. And what the (lucrative for them) consequences of such ”problem” for these thieves and embezzlers are.
The truth of the matter is that ever since that fateful time that the foolish Makarios and his peasant thugs that made up ”government” of the day decided that the carefully designed 1960 constitution of this forsaken ”country” was ”unworkable” and required ”improvisation” by putting forward the infamous, catastrophic ”13 points” to change it, the writing was on the wall. For the eventual partition of the island.
Which totally suited these thieves.
By removing the TCs from the equation and effectively tearing up the ”constitution”, all the carefully thought out checks, balances and controls, not just between the two communities, but the effective functioning of the state, were eliminated.
Clearing the way for these mafiosos to do as they please. To steal, plunder, accommodate their friends and family, protect their fellow embezzlers and ensure they did so without the prospect of being caught, never mind brought to court and punished.
Thus the ”president”, ”ministers”, CBC governor, Attorney General, Auditor General etc could do as they pleased. Since their TC deputies had been forced out and simply were not in position to exercise checks and controls, as the constitution provided, over these criminals.
Whose DNA and ”values” were always aligned to their self enrichment by whatever means available. And nothing was easier than the plundering of state resources with impunity. Since the way for such unhindered criminal activity had been opened up the elimination of the TCs from ”government”.
Given this lucrative state of affairs, as well as the fact that most of these imbeciles have built up their ”political careers” on the perpetuation of the never ending Cyprus ”problem”, to expect them to want a settlement is the same as turkeys voting for Christmas. It would be fatal for them.
It is clearly obvious all these backward looking, unintelligent, self serving peasant thugs know EXACTLY what the problem is. Including our alleged ”president” and his disappointing foreign minister.
Unfortunately for the rest of the thinking sensible individuals, the obvious way forward of a win-win solution is in direct conflict of the ”interests” of these mafiosos. Who do not want a solution – under any circumstances.
So expect more of the same: no ”asphyxiating” time deadlines, no arbitration, ”Cypriot led” ”talks” and process, no international conference by the guarantor powers, unanimity of the ”national (circus) council”, new strategy, removal of Mr Eide as he is, as the other 30 or so UN Secretary General special representatives before him were (which must be the most amazing convergence of probability theory of all time) pro Turkey and Turkish interests, no to a new Ban plan and just about every other mindless and mind numbing thing their (very small) minds can think of.
Just like realistically we cannot expect the Sicilian mafia to make a conscious decision to self destruct by changing its ways, we can be as certain that Anastasiades will see out his five years with the Cyprus ”problem” very much alive and intact.
Though he will be the last ”president” of the banana republic to achieve this.
Because by the time little Nicholas, with the support of the AKEL Marxists is voted in as ”president”, the de jure partition of the island will have become a certain reality.
And all’s well that ends well.
For the well known ”ruling elite” scum whose criminal priorities, self enrichment and thieving, love of money, limitless greed, lack of vision and xenophobia always took precedence over the interests of their own motherland.
In a civilized country these thugs would have been convicted of treason and just about every crime imaginable, branded traitors and shot.
In this dysfunctional mafia state they will continue to be elected into ”government” so that they may continue with this destruction.
We are our own worst enemies, who never learn from our mistakes.
And have the ”leaders” we deserve to prove this
