Cyprus invasion

So the US was in a chaotic situation in 1974 with the Watergate scandal and Kissinger could do what he wanted when he felt like it because Nixon was on the way out. D Ioannidis removed G Papadopoulos in 1973. He was a useless incompetent politician who believed that there was cheese on the moon and was easily used by Kissinger. Makarios was seen as a obstacle to dividing the island so Ioannides was given a guarantee by Kissinger that if he removed Makarios Turkey would not invade the island. He was of course a total and absolute idiot who should have been executed for treason.

The coup took place on July 15 1974 and Makarios (another armature politician) was removed. This gave an excuse to Ecevit for an invasion but he was clearly worried in case the Greek air force resisted on the island. He was given a guarantee by the war criminal Kissinger that Greece would not counter attack. So a version of the Aitchison plan promoted by the US since 1964 was enacted. Greek troops on the ground acted against the orders of Ioannides and put up some resistance but lost a great opportunity to stop the landing on 20 July. Ioannides still insisted that he was given a guarantee that Turkey would not use heavy force! It was all a plan which makes Ioannides, Arapakis and the other Junta criminals traitors. Britain was one of the 3 guarantor powers but Callaghan refused to comply with Britains obligation thus negating their responsibility.

So the blame here is with Ioannides who, through gross negligence and immense stupidity for trusting the Americans gave part of the island to the Turks. That makes him a total and absolute traitor not because he wanted the end result but because he was stupid and naive enough to trust the Americans...

nick venedi