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The same applies to rest of these gangsters whether it's Vano, Gagik or anyone else. I was referring to Grzo in my last post that's why i said "in Grzo's case".

Yeah you're right... getting to where they are today (through corruption, bribery, lies, tax evasion, ripping off the resources which belong to society) is the way to go! Continue commending these men then. I would change the word "successful" to something else if I was you! I don't not consider businessmen who got to where they are today through major corruption "successful". Businessmen do not become "successful" through tax evasions and crimes....at least not for me. In case of Grzo it is very important where he came from...and that's gutter! I'm sure few other "successful" businessmen have a similar history.

One more thing....we complain about the current regime, but yet we don't do anything about it hoping that the phase will pass soon. This will never change until someone like Putin is brought into power and starts putting these a$$holes (oligarchs, politicians, etc) in jail one by one. The question is where to find such a person like Putin who will start putting things in order.

Even if a war breaks up between Armenia and the Azeris, do you think that Russia will not get involved (not through war), since there's significant amount of troops based in Armenia? How do you guys think that Russia will be involved in that war? In what form? Also, I would think that it wouldn't "abandon" Armenia in any way, since it's so unpopular in the Caucasus nowdays, and Armenia is the best stronghold of Russia if compared to Georgia (lol) and Azerbaijan...which is looking towards the West just like Georgia has. The point I'm trying to make is that I doubt that Russia will want the Azeris to take over the lost lands again because having Armenia as a strategic geopolitical ally is something that it wouldn't want to loose in any way. As much as the alliance is important for us, it is also important for the Russinas. Correct me if i'm wrong, but I just don't see how Russia would want an ally in the Caucasus, but yet it let's part of it's territory to be given/won by Azerbaijan without any help from Russia (in any form)... geopolitically it just doesn't make any sense at all. To comment on Armenia developing nuckes (i think Arpa mentioned this)...It's easier said than done! If you want to see Armenia isolated even more by the international community, then that's the way to go! I doubt we want to see any aid cut of from Armenia. Plus...I simply can not see Russia allowing us to take that road. I think Russia might fear that Armenia will become self-sufficient in military and which power wants to see it's "periphery" become self-sufficient? You guys can talk all you want about Armenia developing this and that, but if Russia opposes any specific development, then consider it not done. Like it or not we're very much depended on Russia, so taking independent steps will not be so easy for Armenia. BUT if Armenia cuts it's ties with Russia (hypothetically speaking of course) then it's in big trouble in terms of its neighbors. Armenia would be in more trouble if it ever allies itself with USA...would be a huge mistake! USA is so far away and Russia is just around the corner.

Is she married to Kocharyan's younger son or something?

I hope your answer was a joke! That was funny!

What do you mean by that?

If I had to choose between working for the KGB or the CIA, I'd definitely go with the KGB in no time! BUT..... this doesn't mean that I have any interest in working for any of these state agencies...I can use my humanitarian knowledge somewhere else....something that actually makes a positive difference and that's not stuck in the spiral of corruption, deceit, lies, manipulations, control, murders, and new world order agendas... I'll think of something else to do by the time I graduate

The CIA comes to my unviersity (as well us to most unviersities) twice a year to recruit students to be a "foreign service officer", which is a light way of saying a "spy". I went to their meetings few weeks ago just to see what their qualifications are, and one of the recruiters told me that I do qualify in every way, and he also gave me his contact information along with his "name" for me to contact him if I do decide to join the CIA after my university studies. He knows I'm fluent in Russian, so he probably thinks that I could be used to spy on Russians. One thing that strike me the most is how colorful the two recruiters painted the image of a foreign service officer and his duties. I was glad to know few things about how the CIA has operated for decades now to understand that those two were just fooling the poor students by keep repeating how wonderful it is to work overseas and see the world every few years by moving around! They also mentioned how enjoyable and satisfying to work for the CIA (for our country as he stated), that most people...and by that he meant 85%+ of the people who work for the CIA are there for life....they failed to mention that getting in might be much easier than getting out and being stuck there for the rest of your career doesn't necessary mean that it's the most enjoyable place to work. Seemed like the CIA is very desparate now days for more foreign service officers and I wonder why! I was watching the Russian news the same day of that CIA recruitment event at my unviersity and the Russians were reporting how USA is short of foreign service officers in Baghdad's American embassy and now the State Department is actually making/forcing foreign service officers to move to the American Embassy in Baghdad because no one from their officers wants to volunteer at the Embassy in Baghdad. Well...at least I know I have one job lining up for me if I find nothing else after graduation

Talking about IMF....I have a mid-term tomorrow morning on IMF's role in 1997 East Asian Financial Crisis. I rather just hang myself now!

Well that's weird because I ordered that book three days ago on amazon. ha ha Strange! It's actually called "The Confessions of An Economic Hitman"

The book I read was about the IMF policies screwing up the developing world....bringing them not economic stability or helping out in crisis, what it's supposed to be doing, but causing them even deeper problems with it's "conditionality" policies that had to do with lending the developing countries money. It's interesting how West has managed to destroy the economis of the 3rd world countries with it's policies that do not even make any sense. I think it's another way of "imperialism", but this time through the international organizations who go into these countries and create economic policies and ways for these poor countries to adhere to...under the name of "pulling them out of crisis". The new imperialism of the 21st century! The same exact governments and "elite" are behind the insitutions such as the IMF, WB, and the WTO pressing their double-standard policies for their own benefit... Imperialism and exploitation will always evolve from one form to another, but it will never cease to exist!

Their songs always remind me of Spain, especially my time in southern Spain...in Andalucia. I have my eye on one of the lead singers too.....he's in this clip wearing a red shirt. His voice is so sexy too.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=csFA0sFGqZM I've always loved them.......doesn't matter how old these songs are. I think I'll still be listening to them in my 80's and still won't get enough of it.