Vatche Arabian

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Interesting Article to say the least...

The Cihan News Agency of Istanbul covered a story this weekend about a crowd that gathered to argue against allegations of the Armenian Genocide with the "intention of remembering the mass killings of Azerbaijanis in Karabagh."

Clearly there is a large story here dealing with Azerbaijan, Armenia, and a piece of land known as Nagorno-Karabagh. The hostility dates back to times of the Soviet Union, where borders were drawn as the USSR saw fit. When the USSR fell, this piece of land immediately became a war zone, currently, Karabagh is an unrecognized independent nation, with clear close ties to Armenia, since most of its population is (and historically has been) Armenian.

In this article, it reports that the crowds chanted "Karabagh will belong to the Turks, and it will be a graveyard for the Armenians."

Hold on a minute...

If you are:
A) Condeming an alleged Azeri Genocide perpetrated by the Armenians....
B) Condeming the recognition of an Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Turks...

Then how does your situation look when you condemn the entire Armenian population of Karabagh to their deaths? Coincidentally, that sounds like another Genocide in itself.

I wrote a paper discussing the Nagorno-Karabagh Conflict a few years ago, and if you are interested in learning more about the subject, let me know and I'll provide you the information. But, I just felt mentioning this humorous observation.