Garen Mouths Off
Yegparian: Are They Trying to Tell Us Something?
For years and years, since the 1994 Artsakh-Azerbaijan ceasefire, the Azeris have been violating that very same ceasefire.
These violations come in the form of sniper fire, attacks, the downing of a helicopter, commando-style attempted infiltration and murder, heavy weapons fire, kidnappings of border-dwelling Armenian civilians, and even some military activity on the frontier with the Republic of Armenia—sometimes from the Nakhichevan side at that!
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*** I do think we should wait until the election, and then re-exam the big picture for a cohesive Armenian response.
The problem is Armenians are too passive, this is why we always got the bad end of the stick.Since the Kurds are better fighters then Armenians ,I think its time to help them. And if the Azeris are looking for a war then lets have it before all Armenian youth leave the country and the poor villages get bombarded. We bragg about having a good army ,then what are we afraid of. All foreign countries are looking after their own interests ,lets look at our own interests.
It’s easy for you and I sitting at our desks in front of our computers asking for our kin in Armenia to attack and create a war situation. They are the best judge of what should be done and interference from us is not only unwelcome but dangerous.
Maybe advocate a loud response. If it will help bring a settlement and stop the Azeris from shelling. Maybe that’s the only thing they understand. They and the turks have not shown any talent for listening to reason throughout history
I think the lack of Armenian proportionate or even an overwhelming response sends the wrong message to the enemy regardless of the enemy politics surrounding the escalation of hostilities on the front line. The more the enemy attacks with impunity the more emboldened it becomes and therefore the more it will try to do the same and with much more fire power.
Even though these attacks may be temporary to secure upcoming election victory for Aliyev’s kleptocracy, the lack of Armenian response can also be wrongly perceived by the enemy as lack of will on the part of the Armenians to fight back thus leading to even further escalation of hostilities.
Furthermore, given the fact that the enemy defense minister replacement in-charge is fairly new and inexperienced at his post and is still trying to prove himself by such bold moves, he will try to take credit for his actions by exploiting the presumed Armenian passiveness and further give legitimacy to his boss Aliyev who not only put him in charge but is also commanding these escalations to secure victory at the upcoming elections in the first place. The men behind these attacks must have their noses bloodied instead of being given verbal threats that may or may not materialize.
Assuming the November elections are the reason why the enemy is conducting these attacks, then it would make more sense to respond fire with overwhelming fire to cause major losses and casualties on the enemy to bring both the draft-dodging Aliyev and his amateur defense minister back down to reality in the least if not also possibly help cause defeat for Aliyev’s party in the process for his incompetence when election time arrives even though I have no doubt the election results have already been decided in favor of the Aliyev dynasty.
Armenian leadership is very passive as usual. A severe response is warranted and that should be in any direction, even as far as controlling the beloved pipeline and then the west will flood to your door asking mercy….this is how internationalpolicy works..not by sitting as a duck and waiting for things to happen.
It is in fact a very good time to hit the azeris when turkey is busy.