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1. OSCE is the problem itself. It serves dual interests. Loyalty first and is for the countries of the representatives. Peace may hurt Russia’s economic and military interests, same with France, and the US. Won’t even go into the interests and goals of the fourth. Converting to Islam, stretching is turcik boundaries, trade, and eventual occupation of those countries.
   Armenia and Artsakh should learn to be independent of all and educate OSCE and the rest of the world of the real history of Artsakh, not how it has been interpreted/embedded in recent documents. But how when they seem to have become dependent on all sorts of do-gooder organizations including NGOs.

2. The people,our brothers and sisters, in Artsakh are protected only by the thin line of their military, from those who have inflicted atrocities on them. The Baroness Carolyn Cox described well to the west and the House of Lords, the brutality the Armenians had and were suffering in this part of their ancient, historical homeland that was torn off of of Armenia by Joseph Stalin and placed in the hands of those hostile to them. It is clear that should Artsakh be given again to Azerbaijan, they, the Muslims who have killed so many, will do what they said and have done, and as their President has said: If there is one Armenian left alive, they will hang him in Baku! Even with short term foreign peace keepers, the disarmed Armenians would be under the Sword of Damocles. God love the Christians of Artsakh and let the world see that they must be free.

3. Great article by Michael. Thanks Armenian Weekly.
   If only Armenia would cooperate with the Diaspora, we could all make more progress.
   But no, Serge and the oligarchs don’t care.
   When Azerbaijani genocidists are about to descend on Yerevan, Serge and the oligarchs will flee to where they have stashed their stolen billions.
   I ask you, what actions can we take now to make sure this does not happen? I can think of a few.
   Anyone have any other ideas?

4. I support the approach described in this article. Given Turkish economy size and diplomatic traditions, Armenia should be very cautious on every proposal. Armenia also need to tell European and Russian governments that based on after WWI experience Armenia does not hold much trust toward them. Also Armenian govt should assure that armenians are willing to fight rather compromise their safety, because no assurances from anyone can guarantee armenias safety other than armenian armed forces, therefore any further agreement with turks and azeries needs to have an article restricting their armed forces size and locations near armenian border.

5. The situation is as bleak as Mensoian puts it here. Urgent united coordinated and multi fronted action is imperative now to derail Yerevan’s disastrous course at this 11th hour!

   Yerevan has been cornered by its disastrous policies and “diplomacy” over Artsakh for at least 20 years. Instead of building up the state and developing the economy and well-being of the people which is the foundation of a strong state the leadership has been lining up its own pockets for years while the army, the only guarantee against Turkish genocidal intent, has been allowed to run down. Instead of preparing for war and planning to advance towards Kur and Gandzak, the only strategy which would have cooled down Turkey’s/Aliev’s hot head, it has been preparing to sell off hard won victories of our people: Give away the liberated Armenian lands around the former NKAO. This, as Mensoian points out, is the beginning of the end for Artsakh. Baku’s next move will be the taking of Sunik in the south of Armenia and then Armenia is check-mated in three moves with Yerevan and its surrounding as the only Armenian territories remaining in an ocean of aggressive Turks.

6. referring to artsakh as nagorno-karabakh doesn’t bother me at all. i use them interchangeably.
   plebiscites aren’t respected in the international community for some reason. kosovo simply declared independence. that’s the model to follow.

7. Having analysed the war from a distance and archival footage, there is not a single civil defence brigade!!! Back in Lebanon we had some shelters were you could potentially stay away from the Syrian GRAD missiles. In Artsakh still after all the escalation, not a single bomb shelter. Add upon that I am sure that everybody has noticed, Artsakh is as barren as a green desert. Not a single place to shelter, not a single forest not a single tree! Unfortunately yet again, the task of securing our brothers has befallen on us the diaspora and not the local authorities!
   May God help us honestly, may God help us.

8. Imposing a will requires sacrifice on a long term basis. The will is manifested not only through regular resistance but by aggressive readiness to reclaim usurped lands.
   Note: I recommend negative comments not to be given the chance for public reading.

   • I too have noticed the barren land between the front lines. It occured to me that if the soldiers would have planted trees twenty years ago, by now, the Azerys would not be able to see as much on our side. But immagine if those trees were California Sequoya trees: American Redwood trees. Those trees grow immense. So large that no tanks or bullets or bombs could remove them. A ringof trees like that growing 20 feet every year, would provide cover and an immense future lumber resource.
     So I offerred a needy family in Artsackh $60 to plant 100 Sequya seeds in Armenia or Artsackh. No bite.

9. Thank you Michael. I believe if you asked any fellow Armenian they will agree that this article is a very good assessment of the situation. We can all see that, and I am sure so can our leaders in Armenia and the Diaspora. Then why don’t they act out of nationalism and compassion for our brave soldiers who are being forced to lay down their lives for our security? We should take a lesson from history. You can only negotiate from a position of strength. We need to step up our intelligence and match it with the necessary equipment and infrastructure so that we repel all Azeri attacks with clinical accuracy and strategic gain. As the Archbishop of Artsakh suggested every Armenian need to pay 1% of their annual income in helping our homeland. This could be held in a special fund under the dual control of Armenia and Diaspora leaders with co-signatory to any expenditure and lets keep the oligarchs out of the equation.

10. I am never surprised to hear a Turk or a pseudo-Turkish Azerbaijani, such as Aliyev, make such statements. You see, you need to understand what these people are all about to understand the reaction they show toward us. Aliyev is a coward. He is the same Azerbaijani “patriot” who was hiding in Moscow during the war at his ripe military age in the Artsakh Liberation war WHILE all current and former Armenian presidents, ministers and other leaders were in uniform fighting on the front lines as soldiers and commanders sending coward Aliye’v countrymen back to Baku in body bags.

    Aliyev makes such empty statements not because he has any honor or he is patriotic but he does so because he is fearful of Armenians who are united as one homogeneous nation while his artificial state is divided among several ethnic groups with no unity and under his oppression. His hollow coward words don’t come from his heart but from his pockets full of petrodollars. The Armenian nation, united as one, not only destroyed in the battlefield the Azerbaijani army far much in resources and more in numbers, most of whom were forced to fight as opposed to mostly Armenian volunteer units, but they also caused major humiliation on the Azerbaijanis by bending them to the Armenian will by bringing Azerbaijanis to their knees to beg the Armenians, through Russian mediation as they did a year ago in April, to stop the war before even more occupied territories were liberated by the Armenians.

    Throughout their lives these institutionally-brainwashed Turks and pseudo-Turkish Azerbainanis have been told they belong to a proud nation and noble race with hollow and artificial histories full of myths and so much so that losing to Armenians has affected them psychologically in major ways. They are unable to digest their defeat so they make all sorts of excuses and empty threats to feel good about themselves but of course to no avail. It is very much like when a man loses his manhood and he is in denial and has to say something or do something, instead of saying or doing absolutely nothing, to feel like he has gotten a piece of his manhood back. At the end of the day these are all empty gestures.

    What Armenians should do against their Turkish enemies is to get even stronger than they already are and not just alone always be prepared to defend themselves but to take the fight to the enemy in the time of their own choosing when the opportunity presents itself and keep reminding the enemy that even today, with all those petrodollar billions, they are still the same defeated cowards as they were a quarter century ago.

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