Artsakh War of the World 2020
2500 Armenian soldiers sacrificed
Mostly 18 year old recruits
“We ought to win”Was the war slogan
Ironic, engulfed in hubris
Hyperbole, high praise, follyWe had old tanks, Kalashnikovs and limited supplies
They, an unlimited trove of kamikaze drones
Made in Israel, electro-optically guided, swank
Deadly killers, and Turkish drones too
Made of EU and US parts, called Bayrakdar
Turkish flag proudly brandished on their side
Erdogan and Aliyev strutted their billion dollar bribes
To hush the international press and pay for positive coverage
The prostitutes of the world obliged. Including the NYT and LAT
But not the Guardian or the NY Post…Russia laughed and watched the velvet revolution disintegrate
Watched our prime minister drown in his own verbal vomit
Watched our youth perish, fed Azeri beasts what they bought
Petro-dollars still pouring in. Petro-loot fueling their coffers
Buying ISIS fighters to come scalp Armenians for $100 bonuses
And when that did not work either, Turkish elite commandos!
US trained, NATO ally nation state, murderous genocidal thuggery
With F-16s.In 2020
Artsakh lost seven provinces
1000 year history
Not as worthy of attention
As a criminal autocratic dictator’s whim
Georgia only too pleased to aid and facilitate
Ukraine signing military pacts with Turkey
Putin consolidating power and permanent presence
Under the guise of peace keeping
Two-faced dictator for life, he.They will all pay, one day
After Trump is in the heap of history
His Turkish debts, his Azeri business deals
Exposed, and him rotting in jail
Orange jumpsuit matching his spray-painted hair
Wriggling every night through the howls of agony.Bedros Afeyan
11-15-2020
Pleasanton, CA
He writes in Armenian and in English and also paints and sculpts.
He is the current editor of The Literary Armenian News at https://groong.org/tlg/
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