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Hi all,
Remember the book I included in my wish list, that was written by the first greek ambassador to Armenia? Well, I found out my cousin owned it, so I saved my parents a buck or fifty by borrowing it from them.
I finished reading the book in one day. The language was simple, and easy-going. But I must say that it was veeeery very interesting.
What scared the hell out of me was when Armenia pretty much disappeared in 1993. If any of you recall (I was too young), but some Chechen Russian took over the parliament in October 93 in order to seize power of Russia. He failed to do so, and the country (or the army) supported Yeltsin. Had he suceeded, he would have called back the russian troops guarding the armo-turkish border, and Turkey would have probably invaded Armenia on the false grounds that Armenia was harboring Kurdish revolutionary training camps.
What I found most interesting is that the author had met the leader of the ARF, Hrair Maroukian, in Athens, a couple of days before the whole failed coup in Russia. Maroukian was aware of the WHOLE thing, due to his contacts in Russia. He spoke about it to the ambassador, but the ambassador didn't believe him.
In the end, of course, Maroukian was right. This led me to think about Levon Ter Petrosian. He had been accused by Tashnaks of being too nice with Turkey. In retrospect, did he have any choice? Would it have been any wiser to adopt a hard stance with a country that was threatening to attack you while your population had no food and was chopping down trees to keep warm?
Yet, the leader of the VERY people who accused Ter Petrosian was pretty much aware of what would have led to the demise of Armenia, and chose to do NOTHING.
Had Maroukian not died already, I would have killed him myself. In his inaction, he was as big of a traitor to his people than Vasag Suni, motivated only by his own political gains.
Remember the book I included in my wish list, that was written by the first greek ambassador to Armenia? Well, I found out my cousin owned it, so I saved my parents a buck or fifty by borrowing it from them.
I finished reading the book in one day. The language was simple, and easy-going. But I must say that it was veeeery very interesting.
What scared the hell out of me was when Armenia pretty much disappeared in 1993. If any of you recall (I was too young), but some Chechen Russian took over the parliament in October 93 in order to seize power of Russia. He failed to do so, and the country (or the army) supported Yeltsin. Had he suceeded, he would have called back the russian troops guarding the armo-turkish border, and Turkey would have probably invaded Armenia on the false grounds that Armenia was harboring Kurdish revolutionary training camps.
What I found most interesting is that the author had met the leader of the ARF, Hrair Maroukian, in Athens, a couple of days before the whole failed coup in Russia. Maroukian was aware of the WHOLE thing, due to his contacts in Russia. He spoke about it to the ambassador, but the ambassador didn't believe him.
In the end, of course, Maroukian was right. This led me to think about Levon Ter Petrosian. He had been accused by Tashnaks of being too nice with Turkey. In retrospect, did he have any choice? Would it have been any wiser to adopt a hard stance with a country that was threatening to attack you while your population had no food and was chopping down trees to keep warm?
Yet, the leader of the VERY people who accused Ter Petrosian was pretty much aware of what would have led to the demise of Armenia, and chose to do NOTHING.
Had Maroukian not died already, I would have killed him myself. In his inaction, he was as big of a traitor to his people than Vasag Suni, motivated only by his own political gains.
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