In Sight
The chapter on isolation and betrayal has been written, but the book is not finished
I have been very fortunate with the opportunity to write for the Armenian Weekly. This week, however, is by far the most difficult column that I have ever composed. How can I add value with raw emotions dominating our thought process? Anger and profound sadness are the emotions de jour. Our feelings have resulted in a numbness in the last 48 hours. We a
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This analysis is good for world consumption. But those of us who speak Armenian and follow what is coming out of Armenia and Artsakh know of the internal sabotage that led to this disaster.
Armenia as a country has to be visible with social media as well as in financial world
regroup – rearm and retake.. NOTHING LESS
well said thanks …
Regroup~
Rearm~
Retake~
three commands … send to every Armenian …
Never divide but unite
Thanks once again …
And in the rearming make sure to develop are own technologically advanced weapons that are razor sharp deadly. The next time the Turks come a knocking lets be ready not to just defend but to take.
DIASPORA ARMY UNITS… Hello….
Most definitely and armed to the teeth with advanced weapons.
Now we know why North Korea has nuclear weapons and why Iran is trying to develop them.
Heartiest wishes for Piligian
to write more
to unite us
guiding us
to a new road
which we will never come back …
Sylva~MD~Poetry
and see any roads filled with rocks
Heartiest wishes for Piligian to write more
to unite us guiding us
to a new road which
we will never come back …
and see any roads filled with rocks.
Sylva~MD~Poetry
Thank for this article Mr Piligian and for all those you write clearly and precisely.
I don’t understand when Pashinyan used the terms “return territories” was said. it was never the Azeris land in the first place.
What a disappointment he has become.
We must hold Turks and Azeris responsible for the War Crimes committed (not seizing fire, chemicals, target civilians/hospitals!, using terrorists, my God the list goes on) and take them on and out this way. if we can do this, we can have a chance.
Thank you for this very thoughtful commentary in this very sad time. The reminder of the Battle of Avarayr is a good one — we must persist, as we have faith. Please, let us not focus on revenge, or tear Armenia apart with our frustrations. Let us grieve, and move forward with what we have. We survived centuries without an independent republic — we are still far better off than generations before us.
Remember, we are Armenians, and we can survive anything if we do it together!
Armenia must become self reliant, not dependent on any other country. Other countries have their own interests which may or may not coincide with our interests and safety.
This was a failure of leadership.
Armenia is a small country that cannot afford to make mistakes after the 1915 genocide. We need the sharpest diplomats, intelligence networks to assess our relative strengths and the very best in military technology, to make up for the disparity with Azerbaijan and Turkey. There were failures in all three areas over a period of 2 decades. If Armenia and Diaspora are to survive, there has to be significant changes. The army fought heroically but did not have the necessary support.
It is easy to say let us depend on ourselves. Yes, this can be done but only to a point. After that we need a powerful friend/s for support. Let’s look at Israel as an example who, like us, are also 3M plus their diaspora; like us, no gas or oil. Like us, they have a ruthless determination to exist as a country and survive in a harsh neighbourhood; however, they are incredibly focused and work extremely hard, in unity, towards that aim. More importantly, they have a strong ally in the US, due to their strong influence in the US political and financial scene. This is exactly what we need: Power and influence. Given that and internal unity, we can achieve our sacred objectives and make the sacrifices of our recent and past martyrs eternally worthwhile. A highly militarily advanced Democratic state is the ideal requirement. Having said that, to have 17 political parties is pointless if not divisive. You may as well have 50 parties or more! No, ideally 2 or 3 parties should be sufficient, with a multi-party anti-corruption authority overseeing financial affairs of politicians and government departments, etc. Once the present chaos dies down, then ‘All for one and one for all’ must be our motto going forward.
I lived all my life moving from one country to the next, because of TURKS, TURKS displaced my great – grandparents, my grandparents, my parents and my generation from their Historical Home land (Wester Armenia, Mush and Sasoon)and now this for Artakh people, why? because the whole world is busy with unbeatable war or the pandemic (COVID-19) and the big power like United State is divided and busy with Presidential election and these 3 Autocratic dictators find just the right time to play their little boys game called Geo-Political new territorial map game, just like Stalin and others did, why is the whole world giving any VALIDITY to a MASS MURDERER JOSEPH STALIN decision, who just signed Armenian Territories exchange for OIL. Why can’t they do a little research and discover for themselves that Artsakh was part of Artsakh Kingdom and part of GREATER ARMENIA before Turks(TURKEY), Azeris(AZERBAIJAN) and modern day Russian ever existed. And why was տհատ Putin papet Pashinyan treater and his ignorent government constantly lying to all Armenian people for 44 days, these were the words we were hearing every single day? Հեսա հախթում ենք, թշնամի-ին շպռտում ենք, հարգելիներս – հախթումենք ու հախթելու ենք ????
Pashinyan is not a Putin puppet lol. How does one reach that conclusion? Pashinyan has been a failure because he strayed away from what was normal without assuring us he knew the new order would work. Stalin did not give Artsakh to Azeris, that was the British. They were the ones who wanted oil via their BP(British Petroleum). It was Pashinyan who refused to send in the Armenian Army to fight along Artsakhis, not Russia. It has been well known for years that Russia had no obligation in Artsakh, and we should have been prepared for that.