At Let’s Go, the fact that you couldn’t travel between North and South Cyprus was spoken of with humor. It was part of the aura of provincial quaintness that surrounded so many of other countries’ problems, especially those related to “ancient ethnic conflicts.” America’s position, moderating between these groups of unreasonable people, was inherently comical. Like: the Turks and the Greeks “hated” each other, yet both were NATO allies. What a funny, delicate position for America!
