Shortly after publication it occurred to me that Erdogan could roll the refugees and the Greek Islands into one issue as tons of people illegally enter Turkey seeking to get to the Greek islands off its coast and thus the EU.
That could be his national security schtick: these islands being in the EU draws terrorists seeking to reach Europe into Turkey.
". A less punitive peace almost definitely would have left these islands in Turkish hands. None of that is to say that Turkey controlling them would somehow be more “fair”, Turkey simply has a clear case in this territorial dispute, and it would only seriously harm the “territorial integrity” of Greece insofar as people think we must have frozen borders drawn by the imperial powers. "
The islands are are almost entirely inhabited by Greeks who wish to belong to Greece, this matters not one bit in your esteemed opinion. This actually happened on two islands, imvros and tenedos, both full of Greeks, both given to Turkey after ww1, none of which no longer have a single greek due to classic turkic ethnic cleansing. This is fine by you, they have a "claim".
They're preparing to do more of the same, but you have no objection to that, hypocrite.
In fact your "fair and balanced" analysis simply reveals a huge hard on for erdogan and your embarrassing historical ignorance. Maybe don't write about things you don't know jack shit about ei??
Shortly after publication it occurred to me that Erdogan could roll the refugees and the Greek Islands into one issue as tons of people illegally enter Turkey seeking to get to the Greek islands off its coast and thus the EU.
That could be his national security schtick: these islands being in the EU draws terrorists seeking to reach Europe into Turkey.
". A less punitive peace almost definitely would have left these islands in Turkish hands. None of that is to say that Turkey controlling them would somehow be more “fair”, Turkey simply has a clear case in this territorial dispute, and it would only seriously harm the “territorial integrity” of Greece insofar as people think we must have frozen borders drawn by the imperial powers. "
The islands are are almost entirely inhabited by Greeks who wish to belong to Greece, this matters not one bit in your esteemed opinion. This actually happened on two islands, imvros and tenedos, both full of Greeks, both given to Turkey after ww1, none of which no longer have a single greek due to classic turkic ethnic cleansing. This is fine by you, they have a "claim".
They're preparing to do more of the same, but you have no objection to that, hypocrite.
In fact your "fair and balanced" analysis simply reveals a huge hard on for erdogan and your embarrassing historical ignorance. Maybe don't write about things you don't know jack shit about ei??