LESSER OF TWO EVILS
Hakob Badalyan
Lragir.am
22/03/10
Though it is not stated officially, but it is evident that the Armenian
and Turkish normalization process gave up existing. The best proofs
of this are the statements of the Armenian government, which keep
repeating that "the international society is to say its word". We come
out to deal with only Turkey-international society relations from which
the Armenian power tries to get benefits thinking that, proceeding
from the present pressure on it, Turkey, in order to avoid it, will
make good steps towards Armenia. For now, everything is the contrary.
But it is not essential whether the international pressure on Turkey
will make the letter soften its positions towards Armenia or the
contrary. The foremost is that the so much-propagated Armenian and
Turkish process, which was nearly to be declared the diplomatic
initiative of the millennium, existed only at propaganda level, but
the real calculation of the Armenian government was to intervene into
the Turkey-international society relations in time.
Whereas, the situation now recalls a scene of a film telling about the
era of dinosaurs when the hero manages to get out of the mouth of a
dinosaur only thanks to another huge animal which appears and starts
fighting with the dinosaur. But after this, the situation for the hero
does not better because it becomes a target for some other dinosaur.
The history of Armenia reminds a continuance of such a situation with
short-time exceptions.
The same situation is present also in case of the Armenian and Turkish
process. The only difference seems to be the fact that this time
there seems to be no place where to escape. And the idea that we can
win if Turkey is repressed is just an illusion. No matter who wins in
the battle between the international society and Turkey, Armenia will
be nothing else but a "cup". Though there is the version of "lesser
of two evils" – Turks will not win and we will not be overstepped.
Naturally, the question occurs which the solution is. For example,
the only solution is very often said to be the immediate leaving
the process. But it is impossible in practice. It is impossible to
leave something you have never been in. Such solutions have always
made Armenia be thrown from a clutch into another. Real newborn
solutions have been killed in Armenia. The point is about the fate
of any attempt to make socio-political and economic reforms in Armenia.
While, such reforms are the solution. Any country which today is so
powerful to be able to be an independent factor in the world has
undergone such reforms in a certain period, which brought about
serious socio-psychological changes, as a result of which return
became impossible, development – inevitable.