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Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan
Just returned from a 4 day trip to Artsakh, got a chance to visit the front lines in the Agdam region, and walk through the trenches, less than 200 M from the Azeri side. The region was calm relative to other regions, the last violation had taken place 3 days before. The captain of the post and soldiers seemed to be in good spirit, and seemed to be proud to be doing what they were doing.
When I asked the captain what he thought about the conflict and possible solution, he said that we would all love to have peace, and not have to deal with the death and violence, unfortunately though, we have an enemy hungry for blood that wants no compromise, so this conflict will go on until the enemy is defeated so thoroughly, that it will not dare to pick up arms again. He said last time we simply wanted NK, and we ended up with 7 of their villages along with NK, but that seemed to not make them understand, so let them come again, because they will lose more this time.
I didn't get a chance to have a long talk with the soldiers, but my friend did, and he seemed to get a similar sense from the soldier. I saw the soldier joking with my friend, letting him mess around with some of the arms he had on him, and having a good laugh over it.
Just returned from a 4 day trip to Artsakh, got a chance to visit the front lines in the Agdam region, and walk through the trenches, less than 200 M from the Azeri side. The region was calm relative to other regions, the last violation had taken place 3 days before. The captain of the post and soldiers seemed to be in good spirit, and seemed to be proud to be doing what they were doing.
When I asked the captain what he thought about the conflict and possible solution, he said that we would all love to have peace, and not have to deal with the death and violence, unfortunately though, we have an enemy hungry for blood that wants no compromise, so this conflict will go on until the enemy is defeated so thoroughly, that it will not dare to pick up arms again. He said last time we simply wanted NK, and we ended up with 7 of their villages along with NK, but that seemed to not make them understand, so let them come again, because they will lose more this time.
I didn't get a chance to have a long talk with the soldiers, but my friend did, and he seemed to get a similar sense from the soldier. I saw the soldier joking with my friend, letting him mess around with some of the arms he had on him, and having a good laugh over it.
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