If the adage “geography is destiny” holds true, then Cyprus should be a prime candidate as its poster child. Whether it’s the Greeks, Persians, Romans, Ottomans or the British, tiny Cyprus has been a prized possession for many because of its proximity to a region that is arguably the world’s oldest hotbed of conflict. Now, nearly 66 years as an independent nation, Cyprus finds itself embroiled in another Middle Eastern maelstrom primarily because it hosts two large and significant U.K. military bases. A Rashed drone strike on RAF Akrotiri just after midnight Monday also signaled a troubling expansion of the U.S.-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic into European territory.
