US LOATHED IN AZERBAIJAN AND TURKEY – ANALYST
news.az
March 18 2010
Azerbaijan
Rasim Aghayev News.Az interviews Rasim Aghayev, Azerbaijani political
scientist.
Is it possible to say that after adoption of the resolution on the
so-called "Armenian genocide" in the Committee of International Affairs
of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, the process of
US loss of its influence in Azerbaijan and Turkey has reached its peak?
There are no doubts about it. I remember well that once the political
elite of Azerbaijan was happy to welcome everything that is connected
with Americans saying the United States "will rescue them from Russian
expansion" and "that the welfare, prosperity and development come with
the US appearance". Over a decade has passed and it has become clear
that all these talks are completely fictional. The matter lies not
only with the adoption of the resolution on the so-called "Armenian
genocide" in the Committee on International Affairs of the House of
Representatives of the US Congress. This is just the last drop that
overfilled the bowl of anti-Americanism in Turkey and Azerbaijan. It
would also be timely to remind that the US actions that openly
support Kurdish separatism pose a threat of split inside Turkey. We
understand this injustice because Americans are also supporting
Armenian separatism in open, ignoring historical groundlessness of such
steps, the moral and ethnic side of the case, possible implications of
these direct steps. All these steps could create nothing but disgust
to the United States in Azerbaijan and Turkey.
The report of the US Department of State of March 2 says that 30-35%
of the students in Azerbaijan are drug addicts. This information
caused resentment among the Azerbaijani public and the US embassy in
Azerbaijan was obliged to apologize for the inaccurate report of the
State Department on the situation with drugs in the country. Isn’t it
a proof that the US Department has a negative attitude to Azerbaijan
and does not attach special importance to our country if it voices
the unchecked figures?
In fact, the reports of the US Department of State have already
turned into a means of political pressure by the United States on any
countries of the world. The report reveals the biased attitude of the
US Department of State to Azerbaijan which has nothing to do with the
real state of affairs. The fact of this biased attitude and lie has
been confirmed by the US Embassy in Azerbaijan which was obliged to
apologize for such an open distortion of the reality. On the other
hand, I am not surprised with these actions of the United States,
because in all issues this country shows a biased attitude and the
unwillingness to find the essence of the problem. The example is the
US position on the issue of the so-called "Armenian genocide" and
the process of the resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
over Nagorno Karabakh.
In this case do you agree that Azadlyg radio financed by the US side
holds biased position in the Karabakh issue?
Frankly speaking, I have not listened to the Liberty Radio for a long
time. At the age of internet we do not feel deficit of information.
But even in those moments when I listen to the Liberty radio, I see
that the work of this mass media differs with the careful selection
of topics and respondents. In other words, the work is carried out
under certain prescriptions. This is not surprising. In order to get
convinced about it, one can recall the history of the radio station
called Liberation. By official history, Liberation was founded by
the US Committee on Liberation from Bolshevism as an emigrant radio,
the mouthpiece of the Coordination Center of anti-Bolshevik struggle
for liberation of the homeland from the communist dictatorship. The
US Congress has provided financial and administrative assistance to
the radio station since the beginning. Financing was conducted from
the US budget via the US CIA that controlled the activity of the
radio station.
How do you see the future of the United States with its current policy
that is not accepted in the world?
Historical experience shows that all empires which claimed for global
dominance and attempted to impose their views to everyone collapsed
in the end.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
