He shouldn’t be locked up but this is a goofy letter: “Such mistreatment of peaceful activists has no place in Azerbaijan: a modern nation with deep trade and cultural ties to the EU and US.”
It absolutely has a place in Az. A fascist dictatorship that has built its brand on actions like this.
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Good analysis.
Respectfully disagree:
But yeah, this is all about Trump’s ego and his weird new quest to get a Nobel Peace Prize.
Azeri troops have invaded and are currently occupying more than 200 kilometers of Armenia. Azerbaijan has at least 27 (and probably far more) Armenian political hostages. Azerbaijan has been treating Armenia for months. So yes this is a war situation.
This is the thesis of Tony Judt’s book Postwar.
But it is ongoing, aside from Palestine, It just happened to Armenians in 2023 by Azerbaijan.
Zionists were pretty vocal about supporting the Armenian genocide. This may not have been your families’ story, but if they were Zionists, it could be another interpretation of why he bought ears.
What do you think this will this bring? I am gobsmacked. I was sure Iran would not allow this to happen (as they seemed to have stopped the invasion that was imminent last Fall).
Any thoughts on how this will unfold? Staggering.
(not on site yet, via text from the coach to me)
Congratulations to the Armenian team for getting a bronze medal at the 2nd International Olympiad of Artificial intelligence in China.
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Congress has waived the ban on arms sales to Azerbaijan to “combat terrorism.” The terrorists being unarmed civilians (elderly, women, children, and anyone else who was ethnically Armenian) mostly.
responsiblestatecraft.org/armenia-azer...
From the above: “Russia and Azerbaijan are de facto and de jure allies in many different aspects, including military.”
Then you have not been paying attention. In terns of scale maybe you are right but in all the HR indexes, Az. Is far below Russia. In just two areas, Az. committed a genocide in 2023, and is the main oil and gas supplier for Israel.
Yes Europeans hate/ fear Russia more but that is not worse.
Look at the article. Azerbaijan has an alliance with Russia. Armenia has forsworn theirs.
As is Azerbaijan.
bsky.app/profile/cavi...
The EU pays slightly more but can take the moral high ground. Unsure how really annoyed Russia is with Az. Could be for show. Autocrats love autocrats.
It is more complicated, but very well documented. The Azeris are using Russian gas to satisfy their own domestic demand and in turn sell their new surplus to the EU. They might be shipping it directly to the EU, but it doesn’t matter; EU money goes to Russia with an Az. cut.
Because Aliyev said it. See the link.
Azerbaijan takes Russian gas, slaps a Az. label on it and ships it to the EU do Leyden can pretend to have the moral high ground.
I like your idea.
They never did this. They sold weapons to Az. and Arm. Putin and Aliyev have been together for some time.
