Originally Posted by
Herod
But if the British had sent in a small force, removed Sampson and reinstated Makarious, the colonels would have had their wrists slapped, and all would have returned to the Status Quo, which was what the Tripartite Agreement was all about.
I agree with you and so did our government, to some degree at least, but our chums across the pond (Kissinger) had other plans.