Babylonian treasures damaged by coalition troops

[Postmaster]

Something unrelated and I forgot to mention, the British used to hang and torture Greek Cypriots now this was at a time when torture and capital punishment was not practised in the United Kingdom, The Greek Cypriots have preserved the place where the British used to hang and torture the war hero’s kind of like a memorial place. But what you will find very interesting is the Greek war hero’s that were lucky enough to simply be thrown in jail most of them used to be shipped to the United Kingdom and many found themselves locked up with Irish people of the IRA. Ireland and the IRA has had negative media, but if Irish people suddenly came in and occupied the Cumbria district of England and had done so for a 100 years successfully, I wonder if all people of England would sit down and say, fair enough, an other ethnic race can keep and govern my people's and ancestors land.

[I, Brian]

Funnily enough, England has been plenty invaded by other ethnic groups.

In fact, to be "English" pretty much means "bunch of Europeans who got stuck on an Island".

We have the Celts (Alps), Romans (Italy), Saxons (Low Counties), Vikings (Scandanavia), Normans (French)...

2,500 years of being invaded.

I figure Cyprus is similar? Only with a richer variety - Phoenicians, Syrians, Crusaders, Turks, Carthaginians...with the English simply as the last of a long line of administrators?

[Postmaster]

Cyprus sure enough has had a long history of settlement and invaders. But the Island was dominated by Greeks for literally many thousands of one ethnic and cultural back ground root.. Cyprus did have Jewish settlements, Italians settlements and Turkish settlements and even African settlements at one point. However, they ever interbreed with the Greeks simply because many times they drove them out or ghettoised them. The Greeks in Cyprus unlike the people of England had strong link with there history and ethnical roots, they knew who and where they came from that is why settlers were racially outcast and to be frank the Greek Cypriots often drove them out. The only surnames Greek Cypriots share are Italian, few Greek Cypriots with Italian surnames from Italian merchants which looked and shared similar views to the Greeks in Cyprus. In fact you will find that the south part of Italy from Rome downwards, Spanish, the Portuguese, Greece and Cyprus all share the same genes, from the Minoans which originated from Crete and Cyprus. That’s why the Spanish symbol is the bull, they got that off the Minoans. Northern Europeans and southern Europeans are like totally different breeds of people. I know this for a fact culturally and mentally they are like fire and water. Not many countries in Northern Europe say "Kali orexi" = "Good appetite" I think the French are the limit. Greeks also colonized the south of France, Marcelle was built by the Greeks, so was Rome and Venice and many cites in the Mediterranean Sea. Greek philosophers often said Greeks around the Mediterranean are like frogs in a pond.

The one mistake the British did when they went to Cyprus was underestimate the people there, Greek Cypriots have had a long history of defending the Island its engraved in there DNA, like many Greeks in the Islands, its not barbaric but defensive. I know this true with the Cretean especially

[Postmaster]

and you know what, Greek Cypriots and Cretans both hate the Athenians and main lands Greeks, we class them as two face. Exactly like the Ancient times. My parents have both told me to be wary of main land Greeks especially the Athenians.. Thing is we still love each other as brothers. This tradition of Greek, Greek hate and love is something going on today till from thosands of years ago.

[I, Brian]

Lol!! Thucydides would be impressed!!

[Postmaster]

lol.. Cyprus is a really a Greek state, but politically Republic of Cyprus is a country with Greek inhabitants but shhhh.. You can understand why Greek Cypriots dislike Greek mainlanders, especially when the Turks invaded and they failed to help on a massive scale. But the truth is, if they got involved they would have had Turkey to deal with too which out of all fairness they just about got out the occupation of the Ottomans with the help of the Russians, plus the British held them back from helping us with political deals Cretans sent many Cretan troops to help the Cypriots though.