LionHeart

Why "democracy" then? Isn't it an oxymoron?

Ara, in connection with the recent events, you described Armenia as a "mafia democracy." What is your definition of that term?

You mean we offered the other cheek. Because 200 years from now the Turks will say "look, even Armenians admit that they were offering us girls." Sorry, I like seeing you screw up and teasing you

Sure, we should always think that. Russia's alliance with Armenia is not absolute. Russia wants Azerbaijan as well. They helped Azeris in 1920, 1921, 1923, and later in 1988-92. During the NK war, Russians were helping both sides, depending on their internal developments and momentary interests. We can never guess exactly what Russia's interests are at the moment. As a general rule, if Armenia is defeated by Azerbaijan, it will lose its value for Russia. If Azerbaijan launches a surprise attack and quickly gains territories, Russia may threaten and stuff, but it will be too late, Azerbaijan will use the new gains to strengthen its position diplomatically (after all, de-jure, it all belongs to them), and again we will be presented with a new harsh reality (just like in 1916, or 1920). Russia will then start courting Azerbaijan i hopes of winning it over to its side. We will be royally screwed. The only way to avoid it is to maintain the clear military edge over Azerbaijan. And with the oil money, it's a question if we can do that.

You mean what happens if we don't fight. Otherwise some Turk will say "Look, even Armenians admit, they fought against Turkey and lost, no genocide" What is Baboonistan, Avo? Never heard that name.

So, my friends, are we saying we are doomed? We can't match Baku's oil revenues. Is this the end?

I wonder if the oil will become Azerbaijan's curse as well. So far it's been benefiting the country, given the annual GDP growth rates. Which is alarming if it gets used for its military. I would hope the oil would have the opposite effect, as in Eritrea, and other oil-cursed areas.

John Perkins said that Israel was the pawn of the US. Isn't it the other way around?

There were around 1 million Azeris and Kurds living in Kelbajar, Lachin, and eslewhere around Nagorno Karabakh before 1991. Do you find any Azeris or Kurds there now? Things change. As long as we keep our dream alive, one day the right opportunity will knock on our door again.

I browsed the history of changes of the article. Seems several Armenians have contributed to the improvement.

Well, Dbachmann, based on his userpage (I am not too familiar with wiki) is not Armenian, but swiss.

They removed the Armenian history tag from "Urartu" page as well in Wikipedia. Someone is removing every Armenian connection in the article.

Do you contribute there as well, anoushik? VartanM and others need many other Armenians to join them in improving those articles. I wish I had the time.

Well, I don't edit Wiki due to time constraints, but from what I have seen, as long as you have good sources and know the rules, the authors' credentials are irrelevant. Right now youngsters searching for Armenia primarily read the Wiki article, so it needs some attention.

Hagob, you can edit Wikipedia if you have all that knowledge, good sources, and time. Currently, Armenian related articles are filled with pro-Turkish anti-Armenian nonsense.