IF THE HISTORY DOES NOT OBEY-ISSUE AN EDICT
Evika Babayan

Azat Artsakh Daily
09 March 09
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]

Whether a real Armenian propaganda is developed in Azerbaijan on the
state level is not a secret, taking a character of a savage mass
hysteria. Anti-Armenian mood is underwent and supported by the
authorities who do not disdain of any means at the same time: fotgery,
historical falsification, frank lie and sometimes-absolute absurd
figments. It cannot do without a day of such kind of materials
practically in all the Azerbaijani media, which is a litmus paper of
the mood of a society, which, to all appearances, will not be able to
get out of the state of anti-Armenian hypnosis any time soon, in which
its own authorities have driven. With regret, I have to ascertain, that
the political course of the present Azerbaijani governing body
evidently does not correspond to the mood of the reconciliation and
peaceful co-existance of the two nations, expressing concernment in the
settlement of the Karabakh conflict. The most dangerous is in that by
means of school programs, textbooks and daily state propaganda
anti-Armenian spirits find acceptance to the Azerbaijani young
generation. In other words, time bomb is put on years forward. At that,
the tone of militarist revanchism the president of Azerbaijan himself
generally creates Armenian-phobia. In order to make sure of it, it is
enough to follow the rhetoric of Ilham Aliyev of the last years, which
is full of discourteous, frankly hostile utterances in address to the
Armenians and Armenian. The Azerbaijani president has undertaken
the Armenian propaganda, however not realizing that such statements may
draw only bewilderment or a mockery in academical circles, inasmuch as
the Leader of the neighbor country distorts obvious historical facts
and in attempts to become antiquated and to ennoble the history of
Azerbaijan per se the president debases and the culture of his own
nation. First Yerevan is seemed some ancient Azerbaijani city Irevan,
then Karabakh and Nakhichevan are turned into ancient Azerbaijani
lands. In short, there is a direct pathological, sickly aspiration `to
drive and to leave behind’ the Armenians in all spheres with every
possible method, alas they do not manage to do this with the history
and the historical heritage. If the history is not obeyed to the
Azerbaijani version, they may issue a presidential edict correcting
this history. On the other hand, at the worst, they may throw on the
culture. For example, we may take the recent interview of the
musical coordinator of the project of `Eurovision’ in Azerbaijan Zahra
Badalbeyli (Day.az). The last stroke shocking of a cynicism became the
question of the journalist, which is more like a revelation `You know
in our country in any international competitions the maintenance of the
principle is demanded from the participants `you may lose anybody, but
you are to win the Armenian’. The musical coordinator answered that she
even agreed the Armenians to be the second and the Azerbaijanis to be
the third: `If only they do not become the first, for then `Eurovision
must be held in Armenia’. Reviewing Azerbaijani media, there is an
impression that the Azeri journalists, political and cultural experts
lunched an unrevealed competition among themselves in building up the
image of an Armenian as an enemy and in inspiring their own nation with
a feeling of superiority over Armenians. All the Azerbaijani Press is
literally impregnated by anti-Armenianism. This is a state politics of
contemporary Azerbaijan making the country a range for various
informational, scientific and cultural manipulations. It remains only
to add that the nation of Azerbaijan themselves fell a prey to such
politics. Both in Armenia and in NK they have not pay serious attention
to such announcements for a long time, though any lie, any slander in
the address of our nation must be got a worth repulse. The Azerbaijanis
must prove their case but not to pin their hopes on that `the truth
will anyway be triumphed over’. The truth will not be triumphed over if
not to help it. The lie has been repeatedly reiterated, as is well
known, often sounds convincing.