The Cyprus Problem is SNAFU

Saving Cyprus by Marian Kamensky

SNAFU is a word I came across for the first time in The India Times when I lived there.The acronym originated in the US Marine Corps during WWII.  It means : SITUATION NORMAL ALL FUCKED UP- and there could be no better word to describe the current chaos of political turmoil, government planning, or lack of it and progress, or lack of it, in Cyprus by the President and his merry men. His Television appearance, last week, designed to shed light on his plans and thoughts about a loose federation, indicated that he barely knew what he was talking about, let alone explaining it to people on the ground, who rely on them for leadership. Lawyers, politicians in both communities have come out asking understandably, what is this all about, but more worryingly, why now, why this change of heart, why the lack of preparation and the aforethought? People are rightly fed up, have switched off and are despairing of the lack of political will to get anything done. That is why the momentum must now move to the people and their need to get a result where the politicians have failed, spectacularly time and time again.The opening of the two crossing points is a good example of that.

Brexit, Trump, Putin, Saudi Arabia, what is the world coming to? I think I want to join a caravan to URANUS or ride this donkey, made from  driftwood, placed purposefully at the Green Line to a land that can see beyond the opportunism of short term goals.