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    THE CAUSE OF ARMENIA'S DESTRUCTION
    HAKOB BADALYAN

    Lragir.am
    http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments22810.html
    02/08/2011

    On Zhirayr Liparityan's article

    Zhirayr Liparityan, the advisor to Levon Ter-Petrosyan on political
    issues, wrote an article entitled the Critical Moment in Armenian
    History from the far away United States of America. In his article,
    he expresses concern over growing emigration from Armenia.

    Zhirayr Liparityan avoids direct dwell on the keys to prevention of
    emigration but hints quite transparently that in order to prevent
    Armenia from emptying it is necessary to normalize relations with
    neighboring Turkey and Azerbaijan. For this reason, he hints that
    Armenia needs to have a legitimate government able to take tough
    decisions.

    It is commendable that Zhirayr Liparityan, livingfar away in the
    United States, after leaving his office in Armenia, still cares for
    Armenia and writes long and detailed analytical articles. Of course,
    the conclusions he makes, such as the Karabakh issue can be resolved
    only if the government of Armenia is legitimate, and Armenia cannot
    develop unless it normalizes relations with neighboring countries,
    are not new and have been frequently uttered by different politicians
    of Armenia.

    These two circumstances need to be dwelled on. Let's first dwell on
    the conclusion that a legitimate government can resolve the Karabakh
    issue because it can make tough decisions which will be acceptable
    to the public. Those who think so believe that the Armenian society
    is unable to think and it is composed of idolaters who do not accept
    the decisions of non-idols and accept those of their idols.

    For instance, if Serzh Sargsyan tells the society that the
    Karabakh issue must be resolved through territorial concessions,
    the society will reject, while if the same statement is made by Levon
    Ter-Petrosyan, the society will accept. This is the logic.

    In reality, any legitimate government which will try to resolve the
    Karabakh issue the way the current illegitimate government does will
    eventually become illegitimate. It's not legitimacy that determines the
    public attitude toward the decisions of the government but legitimacy
    is determined by the attitude of the society toward the decisions.

    At least, it is necessary to instill the consciousness in the social
    and political life of Armenia in order to create a civil society rather
    than a community of idolaters when the society grants legitimacy to
    the authorities on the basis of the solutions proposed to it rather
    than likes or dislikes.

    The next issue is the impossibility of Armenia's development without
    normalization of relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan. It is beyond
    dispute that with normal economic, political, social and cultural
    ties and open borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan Armenia could develop
    better and faster.

    But do you think Turkey and Azerbaijan will ever attempt to normalize
    relations with Armenia seeing how our society is set to think that
    without them the Armenians and Armenia are doomed? In this case,
    why should Turkey and Azerbaijan agree to normalize ties and open
    borders with Armenia if by not doing so they doom Armenia to death?

    Consequently, as long as this idea persists in Armenia that we have
    no chance without Turkey and Azerbaijan, Armenia will be condemned
    to hopelessness.

    Certainly, open borders and zero problems with neighbors is a
    perfect condition. Indeed, it is necessary to work hard toward such a
    situation. But how? What is the price to be paid for it? How much do we
    need to yield? Turkey and Azerbaijan demand concessions. Perhaps, they
    will always do, when they see how the Armenian political class keeps
    convincing its society that without concessions and reconciliation
    with Turkey and Azerbaijan Armenia will be ruined, and there will
    never be development and democracy in Armenia.

    In reality, Armenia was destroyed by all the national elections
    since 1995, every time they were rigged. Armenia was destroyed
    by unfair political competition through election fraud and other
    means. Armenia was destroyed in the result of lasting degradation of
    public administration, when people who are for holding on to power
    through violence are encouraged and promoted. They first retained
    power through violence for Levon Ter-Petrosyan and afterwards were
    set to get power for themselves through similar methods. Armenia is
    destroyed by the introduction and adherence to savage values, rather
    than the European values. Armenia is destroyed by the deprivation of
    the society of its creative potential and promotion of brutal animal
    instincts. Armenia is destroyed because the failure political class
    or the so-called political class is trying to assure the Armenian
    society that its destiny depends on one thing, and it is necessary to
    do everything for reconciliation with Turkey and Azerbaijan, instead
    of inspiring self-confidence, strengthening thinking and capacities.

    Similar thoughts brought about the genocide of Armenians in their
    own homeland because the so-called political class was set to seek
    reconciliation based on concessions with the Ottoman Empire, or the
    Russians or others until it finally wasted the potential of Armenians
    to resist, and the genocide ensued.

    A rational man can never be against reconciliation and regional
    integration. This is important and necessary. But rational formulations
    of reconciliation and integration are required. For this reason,
    it is first of all necessary to define the national interest,
    to understand the amount of resources in place, to use them as
    effectively as possible. In order to prevent emigration and promote
    development, Armenia should first of all use the existing resources
    in semi-blockade, it should build a modern state, a society based on
    European values and it should establish Constitutional order. There
    are many unused resources, and in case they are used effectively,
    Armenia can improve its social and economic situation considerably
    and increase its political potential. After that we will be able to
    see what we can do in the regional and international relations and
    what our target is.

    And if we are unable to do this, to use these resources effectively,
    the resources which we may have after the opening of borders will
    also be ineffective.

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