Hamparian: President Biden is on the wrong side of Artsakh

Why on earth do you think Biden / the US should be stepping in? Why is this not directed entirely at dear Big Brother Russia? CSTO? E(A)EU? The Russian bases in Armenia? The thousands of Russian peacekeepers?

Armenia and Artsakh massively miscalculated by putting all of their collective eggs in the Russian basket, but that’s the decision they made. Now it’s coming back to bite viciously hard, which is tragic. I agree with Concerned Armenian that it’s too late now. Those earlier choices have crystallized, Armenia didn’t see or respond appropriately, and here is the result. I just can’t see the US taking on Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and any other possible Turkish allies to help a region internationally recognized as Azeri. How much of Central Asia would leap to defend their Turkish brethren? We won’t even *directly* take on Russia in Ukraine.

As an American, I am told over and over again (by those online, in other countries) that Americans are terrible and we need to keep out of other country’s politics and government. Which is incredibly fair. How many other countries has the US meddled in, reducing them to 3rd world nightmares? Remember the whole “never start a land war in Asia” piece of advice? How many wars have we botched / lost in the last 50 or so years?

I have genuine sympathy for Armenia. Truly. And I hope section 907 gets waived ASAP. Anything else from the US government? Pure fantasy, and a waste of already limited time and/or resources. It’s not right, or fair, or okay. But it is reality. I want Armenian-Americans to wake up to this and find new goals and strategies, since what is being attempted now is NOT working.