QUOTE (Vigil @ Feb 15 2004, 09:44 PM)
Armenia would follow Georgia if the middle class across the atlantic would move back to Armenia. The bottom line is that the only solution to Armenia is if people are willing to put effort into actually changing the country.
I do not mean send 100 dollars of aid every 6months or help relatives there. What I am talking about is a mass migration...edleast half of the diaspera should move there and place a true democratic/Socialist government like Sweeden into power. Think about it like this $200k dollars in property if sold here could be more effective and profitable if invested there, but again the sheep only follow the Shepherd.
You can not change the government by standing across the river and crying out for a rebellion. Like I have stated before America is what it is today due to foreign investment, but slowly that is changing due to cheap labor in India, Mexico, and most of Asia...jobs are moving there, which means American graduates should start thinking about signing up for unemployment in a few years.
Personally to a extent I do not blame the corrupt government there because they have no political power in international forums other then some of the diaspera. I mean you have Russia above you, Turkey to your left, Turkey to your right, Arabs below you, and from Across the Atlantic America what can 2 million Armenias do unless more move there?
About the Democratic presidential hopeful I am placing my vote for Kerry because he seems like the least corrupt and also because it will give Armenians some political say in Washington.
I do not mean send 100 dollars of aid every 6months or help relatives there. What I am talking about is a mass migration...edleast half of the diaspera should move there and place a true democratic/Socialist government like Sweeden into power. Think about it like this $200k dollars in property if sold here could be more effective and profitable if invested there, but again the sheep only follow the Shepherd.
You can not change the government by standing across the river and crying out for a rebellion. Like I have stated before America is what it is today due to foreign investment, but slowly that is changing due to cheap labor in India, Mexico, and most of Asia...jobs are moving there, which means American graduates should start thinking about signing up for unemployment in a few years.
Personally to a extent I do not blame the corrupt government there because they have no political power in international forums other then some of the diaspera. I mean you have Russia above you, Turkey to your left, Turkey to your right, Arabs below you, and from Across the Atlantic America what can 2 million Armenias do unless more move there?
About the Democratic presidential hopeful I am placing my vote for Kerry because he seems like the least corrupt and also because it will give Armenians some political say in Washington.
Never happen. It didn't happen in Israel after the Holocaust[sp?}. Jews like me would never move to Israel. New Jersey is the Promised Land with Long Island a close second. Like warmer weather?Try L.A. suburbs. Truth is ..no matter who you are..once an American..only a crazy goes back to the homeland! YidKid
Edited by Jewish Friend, 15 February 2004 - 10:04 PM.
