GREAT WAKENING

KarabakhOpen
14-04-2008 12:21:46

The term "not a patch of land" is becoming popular in Armenia. The
Armenian parliament members are competing in their ability to
prove that the Armenian diplomacy should not speak about the
return of territories, that the OSCE Minsk Group mediated talks
are not successful, that Armenia should sign an agreement with
Karabakh. Generally, it is necessary to cross out what has been done
so far and start from the beginning.

Apparently it is time to display a decisive stance or
posture. Especially that the Minsk Group is already crossed out,
and people still remember it thanks to the efforts of Matthew Bryza
only. In Armenia the president who negotiated has left, which means
that the results of the talks can be declared as void. Besides,
the ex-president of Armenia confessed in his statement a month ago
that the talks did not lead anywhere, in Armenia it is expedient to
recognize Karabakh or sign a comprehensive agreement.

In other words, those who admit the fiasco of the talks lasting for
15 years are not vulnerable. Nobody will accuse them of opposing to
the policy of the government. They will not be accused of working
for the foreign intelligence. On the contrary, the fact that black
is described as black and white is described as white for the first
time is the ultimate expression of patriotism.

However, now the problem is not that someone wants to look like
a patriot.

The problem is that at last the stance of the Armenian parliament
stems from an adequate assessment of the national interest and
geopolitical situation.

Have they really decided to call white white and to call black
black? Or is it again the political conjuncture? Will the stance of
the parliament change if someone from above or from aside says there
must be no agreement with Karabakh? In other words, do the Armenian
political elite (including Karabakh, of course) have a clear idea
of where we are headed for and what our real interests are? And that
patriotism is the realistic assessment of interests and possibilities.