POLITICALLY AZERBAIJAN NOT READY FOR WAR

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.08.2006 14:44 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "From the political viewpoint Azerbaijan is not
ready for war, though we could liberate some territories by force
long ago," Azeri military expert and psychologist Azad Isazade told
Zerkalo newspaper. In his words, the risk of resumption of hostilities
is not big. "International structures will not let this happen. To
resume operations Azerbaijan should ground the necessity of conducting
anti-terror operations in Nagorno Karabakh.

It in a way resembles Israel’s operations against Hezbollah. But
this will demand time and information struggle while the statements
that Azerbaijan should not ask anyone to start military operations
are inappropriate. In this case international structures could apply
severe sanctions against the republic," Isazade said. On the other
hand, the expert considers that the population of Azerbaijan is not
ready for large-scale military operations. "No war was won thanks
to patriotic spirit only. The servicemen and the population should
receive professional and psychological training," he said.

For his part military expert Alekper Mamedov remarked that corruption,
bribery and unnecessary expenses do not allow the Azeri army to become
the strongest in the region. In his words, it’s incorrect to evaluate
the efficiency of the army by the level of the troops guarding the
BTC oil pipeline. "The leadership just wishes to raise the authority
of the Azeri military and create a wrong image of the army," he said.

According to another military expert Uzeir Jafarov, if earlier the
Turkish army took active part in the formation of the Azeri military
forces, so now this interest has considerably faded. "I think the
Turkish top military saw Azerbaijan’s unwillingness to move towards
NATO and cut the number of instructors sent to Azerbaijan," Jafarov
said.