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@ Artsakh
Most Armenian historians state that that Iran has been Armenia's "savior," to use your words; they say you surrendered to many invasions, and without Iran to push out hostile invaders, you would all be dead. Next time Armenia gets invaded, I'll wrap a lump of coal in your printed comments and throw it over the border so you can you stay warm.
“Throughout the expanse of Armenian history only Iran consistently has prevented the complete demise of the Armenian people, and for that we are indebted beyond words.”
Hovhannes Karapetyan (aka Hovhannes Shiraz) Armenian Literary Figure & Poet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovhannes_Shiraz
“ Prior to the third century A.D., Iran had more influence on Armenia's culture than any of its other neighbours.”
[Prof. George A. Bournoutian, Columbia Univ., A History of the Armenian People Volume II.]
“One of the intangible benefits of Armenian economic power in Iran was the transformation of the Armenian self-image. After centuries of conquest by Muslim invaders, Armenians were granted equal and at times even greater privileges than Muslims.”
[Prof. George A. Bournoutian, Columbia Univ., A History of the Armenian People Volume II.]
“In the eleventh century, the Seljuk Turks drove thousands of Armenians to Iranian Azerbaijan, where some were sold as slaves.”
[Prof. George A. Bournoutian, Columbia Univ., A History of the Armenian People Volume II.]
“The emergence of the Safavids and the rise of Shi'ism in eastern Anatolia were major threats to the Ottomans, whose claim to the caliphate and the leadership of the Muslim world was challenged by the new Iranian dynasty. … The protracted Ottoman-Safavid war and the resulting forced migrations depopulated parts of historic Armenia, and the Kurdish settlement changed its social and ethnic balance. … By 1736 a new ruler, Nader Shah (1736-1747) and a new dynasty, the Afshars, had restored order in Iran, had convinced the Russians to withdraw, and had pushed the Ottomans back to the boundaries of 1639.”
[Prof. George A. Bournoutian, Columbia Univ., A History of the Armenian People Volume II.]
Write to Saddam's generals who were backed by U.S. & European weapons, intelligence, and WMDs (including chemical and nerve agents), and query how Iranians surrendered. Ask the Hazaras (the children of Ghengis Khan now living in Afghanistan) how we surrendered; ask the USSR's generals how Persians surrendered in Afghanistan at the height of Russian military power. When you learn about Shia Islam voluntarily displacing the Islam of the invaders you will understand better what Iran did and why we did it. The fewer Armenians like you there are, the bigger Armenia will be.
Most Armenian historians state that that Iran has been Armenia's "savior," to use your words; they say you surrendered to many invasions, and without Iran to push out hostile invaders, you would all be dead. Next time Armenia gets invaded, I'll wrap a lump of coal in your printed comments and throw it over the border so you can you stay warm.
“Throughout the expanse of Armenian history only Iran consistently has prevented the complete demise of the Armenian people, and for that we are indebted beyond words.”
Hovhannes Karapetyan (aka Hovhannes Shiraz) Armenian Literary Figure & Poet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovhannes_Shiraz
“ Prior to the third century A.D., Iran had more influence on Armenia's culture than any of its other neighbours.”
[Prof. George A. Bournoutian, Columbia Univ., A History of the Armenian People Volume II.]
“One of the intangible benefits of Armenian economic power in Iran was the transformation of the Armenian self-image. After centuries of conquest by Muslim invaders, Armenians were granted equal and at times even greater privileges than Muslims.”
[Prof. George A. Bournoutian, Columbia Univ., A History of the Armenian People Volume II.]
“In the eleventh century, the Seljuk Turks drove thousands of Armenians to Iranian Azerbaijan, where some were sold as slaves.”
[Prof. George A. Bournoutian, Columbia Univ., A History of the Armenian People Volume II.]
“The emergence of the Safavids and the rise of Shi'ism in eastern Anatolia were major threats to the Ottomans, whose claim to the caliphate and the leadership of the Muslim world was challenged by the new Iranian dynasty. … The protracted Ottoman-Safavid war and the resulting forced migrations depopulated parts of historic Armenia, and the Kurdish settlement changed its social and ethnic balance. … By 1736 a new ruler, Nader Shah (1736-1747) and a new dynasty, the Afshars, had restored order in Iran, had convinced the Russians to withdraw, and had pushed the Ottomans back to the boundaries of 1639.”
[Prof. George A. Bournoutian, Columbia Univ., A History of the Armenian People Volume II.]
Write to Saddam's generals who were backed by U.S. & European weapons, intelligence, and WMDs (including chemical and nerve agents), and query how Iranians surrendered. Ask the Hazaras (the children of Ghengis Khan now living in Afghanistan) how we surrendered; ask the USSR's generals how Persians surrendered in Afghanistan at the height of Russian military power. When you learn about Shia Islam voluntarily displacing the Islam of the invaders you will understand better what Iran did and why we did it. The fewer Armenians like you there are, the bigger Armenia will be.
Dont you think too big for your self ?
Seems people may be more right in comparing Putin to Stalin than they realise. Does Putin also have a Stalinesque desire to invent fantasy history for his political ideology? Will he be penning his own vanity monographs on history / anthropology / linguistics / science / etc., just like Stalin did? Maybe he already does.
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