WERE THE OTHER PRESIDENTS UNABLE TO SET UP RELATIONS WITH TURKEY?
Nano Arghutyan

Lragir.am
13:47:27 – 22/10/2008

The summer of 2008 introduced new, actually revolutionary shades
into the political life of Armenia. After relieving a little
the oppositionist moods in the country, Serge Sargsyan who had
become president set to sweeping changes in the region. There were
intentions for those changes before the events in South Ossetia but
on the wave of the Russian-Georgian clash those intentions acquired
a revolutionary shade.

In fact, they involved the reshaping of the entire Caucasus by entering
Central Asia. It only took a statement on changing the trajectory of
the Moon.

Every time when the Armenian government announced about one
"revolutionary" move or another -invitation of Gul to Armenia,
participation in the security platform proposed by Turkey, opening of
the railway to Turkey – the people of Armenia asked themselves the
question: were the predecessors of Armenia unable to understand the
prospects that would open up for Armenia in case relations were set
up with Turkey? Were Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Robert Kocharyan that
short-sighted to fail to notice the country with a population of 80
million on the other side of Ararat?

Presumably, the global centers long and steadily tried to persuade the
presidents who preceded Serge Sargsyan to make that move. However,
for whatever reasons, th ey preferred to keep the status quo and
temporize. Most probably, they had every reason for that, the price
for the bright prospect was too high. The centers sometimes succeeded
having the situation reach the point when it was necessary to make
a decision. It was not easy to avoid the "international hypnosis":
every time the hypnosis ended by either the resignation of the
president or the tragedy in the parliament, or other methods which
were equally severe. When it was already the time to make a decision,
something terrible happened, and everything returned to its normal
course. It is true that the basis for the hypnosis remained but 5,
10 years were the benefit. And over that time people lived.

Currently, judging by everything, it is time to make a decision. And
mystical though it may appear, the feeling is that something must
happen.

Serge Sargsyan has two ways out. Either he has to make a decision and
oppose to its own people who have no reason to tolerate the violation
of their rights, or to make a "fire" in the flame of which all the
previous arrangements will burn down. Especially that it is easier to
save from the flame than the punishment of their own people and the
lords of the world to whom a promise was made. Unlike normal life,
in interstate mafia, like in the world of criminals, the word is a
material thing. They pay a high price for it.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress