WHY THE U.S. REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION IS NERVOUS
- In their recent statements regarding Armenia’s current political situation and the ways of overcoming it, a number of influential American officials, including Secretary of State C. Rice, M. Bryza and others, are gradually beginning to sound more and more menacing, nervous and unbalanced.
There is such an impression as though by way of imposing conditions on the Armenian authorities, the responsible representatives of the United States Republican Administration are trying to “resume” the sad events that took place in the country after February 19. The threats of the American officials regarding the partial termination of the US assistance and even the freezing of the “Millennium Challenges” program, a process that is currently under way, are accompanied with the demand of lifting, as quickly as possible, the state of emergency declared in the town of Yerevan, conducting an international inquiry into the March 1-2 events, putting an end to the arrests of its participants and “initiating a dialogue” based on some incomprehensible arguments.
There’s no doubt that the prompt implementation of the hasty demands will be equivalent to our country’s destabilization, during which new clashes are also possible.
To accomplish its strategy on “spoiling” the finished presidential race, Ter-Petrosyan’s team is striving to remind about its existence at any cost even during the official oath ceremony of the newly elected President.
The recent statements and undisguised demands by a number of American officials are objectively directed towards that goal, because without any recommendation, the Armenian authorities are doing their best to mitigate the regime of the state of emergency and stabilize the country’s internal political situation.
So, the hasty and unfounded demands of the American side are not absolutely conditioned by their concern about Armenia’s internal political situation. Otherwise, the American government would have made a distinction between the OSCE’s positive assessments regarding the Armenian elections which later received its approval and the opposition’s unlawful steps aimed at disputing the them.
If, based on the OSCE assessments, the United States finds that the February 19 elections were mostly in line with the international standards, it should now have at least balanced approaches towards the post-electoral developments. Whereas, such approaches were obviously directed at ensuring the political revanche of L. Ter-Petrosyan, a candidate who received no more than 21 percent of votes during the elections which were mostly in line with the international standards. This is equal to ignoring the opinion of 79 percent of the Armenian voters, i.e. it constitutes a gross violation of the well-known norms of democracy.
In fact, it is obvious that,
First: The Americans are strictly indignant at something but they have serious grounds for concealing the real causes of their indignation.
Second: The Armenian authorities also have “to hold their tongue” with regard to the real causes of the United States’ indignation, pretending as though nothing had happened in the bilateral relations.
Whereas the real causes of the Americans’ indignation, as well as the true motives of their haste are underlying behind the US Republican Administration’s failure of ruling over the South Caucasus prior to the US presidential elections to be held in November 2008.
Some miracle should occur to save the Republicans from defeat in November 2008, so they need hasty and impressive geo-political progress-victories in the world’s most important regions. One of such regions is the South Caucasus where, with the help of L. Ter-Petrosyan, an attempt was made to stage a similar “miracle”, but as we see, Armenia turned out to be a “tough nut”.
The obvious evidence leading to the realization of this fact was “The Rating of States in Terms of Their Rating” a publication by the American authoritative “Brookings Institution” Research Center. There, in the list of 141 countries, Armenia occupied the honorable 105th position, being estimated as a “quite powerful and stable state”. And in this respect, our country exceeds even Russia in terms of its indices.
Thus, nothing came out of the attempts of conquering Armenia by a “single touch” with the help of the well-known political technologies which, in comparison with Tbilisi and later - Kiev, were dramatized in Yerevan in a more powerful manner during the recent months and had an “extremely diverse assortment”.
But the United States Republican Administration has no time to wait any more, as it needs impressive victories, thrilling revolutionary scenes, new and new group of demonstrators flooding the streets with the slogan of “freedom” and scenes showing the Russian tanks leave the distant corners of the post-Soviet territory etc.
However, we are sure that what is happening in the Armenian-American relations now has no bearing on the past and future relations of the two countries and the new and serious achievements they are certain to have. Besides, we have no doubt that unlike Armenia, the Government in the United States will by all means change in November 2008, and there will be a new upsurge in the Armenian-American relations under the Democratic Administration.
The thing is that Armenia, as an independent state, determines the way of its progress on its own, and no threats on applying economic and political punitive measures can arouse despair in a nation that has lived for 5 millennia, especially when the matter is addressed to the attempts of “reviving” an accomplished political process.
The political struggle accompanying the presidential elections has already fallen to the bosom of history for Armenian state and the Armenian people. And what becomes history cannot be turned back even by the most powerful countries of the world.
- “HAYOTS ASHKHARH”
Discussion
PAPKEN HARTUNIAN wrote:
The best of the best article on Armenia. People of the world should no that Armenia and its politics are not fore sale. So called Foreign Aids has been the best weapon that West can use. I am glad that Sarkisian won the election. However, I noticed that Sarkisian believes that Self-determination of Karabakh and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan are consistent. I do not know how it is possible? Unless there is a difference between self-determination and independence. I need to know why Armenia does not want to recognize the independence of Karabakh? Not doing so, she cannot expect other nations to do otherwise.
MIHRAN wrote:- PAPKEN HARTUNIAN
The best of the best article on Armenia. People of the world should no that Armenia and its politics are not fore sale. So called Foreign Aids has been the best weapon that West can use. I am glad that Sarkisian won the election. However, I noticed that Sarkisian believes that Self-determination of Karabakh and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan are consistent. I do not know how it is possible? Unless there is a difference between self-determination and independence. I need to know why Armenia does not want to recognize the independence of Karabakh? Not doing so, she cannot expect other nations to do otherwise.
PAPKEN
The Statements made by Serj.two meetings with Aliyev will be sufficient to conclude if he really wants to make a negotiated peace.(I believe Azeries were trying to gain time to built their army). It also means he will take action.Most probably Armenia either will recognize the independance or will ANNEX THE BORDER and will be one of ARMENIA's mars. Obviousely Azerbaijian will act ... we need to see the outcome... have in mind that this time around USA/ISRAEL will preovide sensitif informations via sattelites & Turkey will provide direct military assistance not from the Armenian border they ca'nt Russiaprotects our borders with turkey we also will see how Russia is serious about the diffence treaty we have signed with them .unfortunately this is the picture I see. Either we have to succombe to Turkey/Azerie and US/Israeli presure . IF YOU READ THE LIPS OF LTB HIS SOLUTION WAS TO CAPITULATE. THE WEST IS NOT INTERESTED IN A NEW WAR. THEY HAVE HUGE INVESTMENTS MADE.EQUALLY THE WEST IS INCAPABLE OF SUPPORTING ARMENIA'S INTERESTS FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR BELOVED ALLY TURKEY ...
Mihran- PAPKEN HARTUNIAN
Philip Karayan wrote:
Parke, your ardent nationalistic views along with those of the article, I am afraid will not take you anywhere. The US administration irrespective if it is republicans or democrats, based on impartial reports concerning the feb.19, '08 elections and its outcome is asking the regime of Armenia to take specific steps towards restoring democracy in the country. Among others, America is asking to lift the state of emergency, to lift the press censorship, and allow for an independent, impartial inquiry into the Armenian deadly post election unrest and for the ill-treatment of those arrested. You are against these reasonable requests for the simple reason that you ratify the tactics of this fascistic regime. You are free to act as you like,however, have in mind that one of the prerequisites for the financial assistance offers to Armenia is for the latter to retain and move forward its democratic process and not divert into a brutal authoritarian regime. So stay cool and put and refrain from nationalistic cheap rhetoric because I think the people of Armenia is desperate for this financial assistance in order to finance the country's infrastructure, absolutely vital for the welfare of Armenians unless of course you and like you can replace the US financial assistance with your
own resources.
crot wrote:
,,?- MIHRAN wrote:
- crot
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Philip
I am not arguing for the sake of argument.in your mind the regime is risponsible for the attack on the parliament ...without having any proofs . how about if i believe that ltb did it because he lost power .it is not correct it will sound like a dirty joke....
THE DESCRIBTION I HAVE MADE IS PURE REALITY OF FACTS I AM NOT A NATIONALISTIC DREAMER OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT DUE TO HAPPEN .IF YOU LISTEN THE TURKISH/AZERY POINT OF VIEWS THEY SAY IF IT WAS'NT FOR THE RUSSIANS,ARMENIA WAS A PIECE OF CAKE.INDEED IT'S CORRECTBUT THAT HELP TOOKE PLACE ONLY WHEN ARMENIA MADE MODEST GAINS IN THE FIELD. AND WHO IS UPGRADING THE TURKISH AND THE AZERI ARMY OUR FRIENDS ISRAEL&USA.
this much is enough to assume my story.
Mihran - crot
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