EXPECTATION FOR A DISASTER –

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Harut Sassounian is an American columnist of Armenian origin. He is known for always supporting extreme nationalist views and showing great reactions towards events, rebuking from time to time Turkish, Armenian and American statesmen and politicians and giving advice to them. Thus, due to these qualifications he is highly admired and frequently read by the Diaspora Armenians. He is a person who must be taken seriously due to his influence over the Armenian Diaspora rather than the value of his writings.

In one of his articles last week entitled “Frequently Asked Questions on Armenian Demands from Turkey”, he expressed that with 2015 approaching, he will respond to some fundamental questions regarding Armenian territorial demands from Turkey.

One of these questions was “Isn’t it a Fantasy to expect that Armenians will ever Regain Western Armenia (Eastern Anatolia)?” In response, he said that Turkish leaders will not voluntarily hand over to Armenians a single inch of land, therefore Armenians have to wait for unforeseen developments to occur in and around Turkey—such as civil war, global or regional conflict, revolution, Kurdish insurrection, natural disaster, or nuclear catastrophe— that bring about a power vacuum and possible border changes in that part of the world. In response to another question on “If Western Armenia is freed, wouldn’t the overwhelming majority of the population and elected officials be Kurds and Turks, making Armenians a small minority in their own homeland?”, he stated that demographic changes resulting from unforeseen circumstances in the region shall determine how many Kurds, Turks, or even Armenians remain in the area. Therefore, one cannot automatically conclude that Armenians would become a minority in Western Armenia.

In short, Sassounian expects that a great development (civil war, global or regional conflict, revolution, Kurdish insurrection, natural disaster or nuclear catastrophe) will occur making it possible for border changes to take place in and around Eastern Anatolia. He expresses and hopes that this development will to a great extent cause the Turks and Kurds to be killed and therefore, the Armenians will be able to gain the majority and Eastern Anatolia could then unite with Armenia.

Of course this is only a fantasy. Currently and in the discernible future there is not a single indication that such a development could occur in and around Eastern Anatolia. On the other hand, there is also no explanation to why such a development will not affect Armenia and the Armenians; in other words, why the Armenians will survive while the Turks and Kurds are killed. However, apart from these, expecting and even hoping for some disasters to take place and for Turks and Kurds to be killed just to gain territory creates a serious ethical question. This kind of idea could only be the result of a deep racist hatred.

Although it could have an affect over the Diaspora, it could be thought that not too much importance should be attached to these kinds of insane delusions of a columnist. However, this kind of mentality is very common among the Armenians and even though indirectly, is actually embraced by high-level Armenian statesmen. We will only provide two examples.

In 2005, in response to a question concerning the territorial integrity of Turkey, Robert Kocharyan, who was President from 1998-2008, had said that the foreign policy of the Government mainly entails the recognition of the Armenian genocide and that the Armenian presidents and politicians in the future should be concerned with the legal consequences of the recognition. According to the Armenians, since the legal consequences of recognizing the genocide allegations is the returning of properties to the relocated Armenians, compensation being paid to them and territory from Eastern Anatolia being given to Armenia, with his statements Kocharyan had indirectly claimed territory from Turkey, but had said that achieving this is up to the statesmen of future generations.

Current President Sarkisian carries the same view on this issue as his predecessor. Last year in July, in response to a student’s question on whether Western Armenia, including Mount Ararat, will ever unite with Armenia, Sarkisian had said that “everything depends on the young generation. Every generation has some goal to achieve”. Since this response means that future Armenian generations must work towards uniting Eastern Anatolia, including Mount Ararat, with Armenia, the Turkish Foreign Ministry had condemned this statement and expressed that giving advice to the youth and the future generations in a way that will provoke an ideology of hostility and hatred among societies is an extremely irresponsible behavior.

On the other hand, Prime Minister Erdoğan had said that statesmen ought not to inculcate enmity and hatred in future generations and that Sarkisian’s behavior is incitement, therefore it will lead Armenia’s youth into darkness and their outlook will always be through dark glasses. By also expressing that what Sarkisian meant was to say `Now you got Karabakh from us. In the future you will occupy Ararat` and that this means `Armenia could from now on enter a war against Turkey as it wants`, he had said that there can be no such diplomacy and statesmanship and that Sarkisian has made a serious mistake and must apologize for it.

As could be seen, territorial claims of the Armenians from Turkey are not recent and although in an indirect manner, still exist and are even addressed on the presidential level. Therefore, there is nothing new in Sassounian’s statements. He has tried to address under which conditions these claims could be achieved and has reached the conclusion that only if a disaster occurs and a majority of the Turks and Kurds are killed in this disaster will it be possible for Turkey to give territory to Armenia.


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  1. CIA Confirms Armenian Ownership Of Lands 10/30/2003

    CIA Confirms Armenian Ownership
    Of Karabagh and Lands in Turkey

    By Harut Sassounian
    Publisher, The California Courier

    The Central Intelligence Agency publishes each year a report called “World
    Factbook” which contains comprehensive information on the geography,
    population, government, economy, communications, transportation, and the
    military of more than 200 countries and territories. The Factbook can also
    be read on CIA’s web site:
    http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/am.html.

    Even though no secrets are disclosed in this public document, it is still
    interesting to see how the CIA presents certain facts and issues regarding
    Armenia, Karabagh, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. In the chapter on Armenia, the
    Factbook provides the following “background” information:

    “Armenia prides itself on being the first nation to formally adopt
    Christianity (early 4th century). Despite periods of autonomy, over the
    centuries Armenia came under the sway of various empires including the
    Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Persian, and Ottoman. It was incorporated into
    Russia in 1828 and the USSR in 1920. Armenian leaders remain preoccupied by
    the long conflict with Muslim Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily
    Armenian-populated region, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by
    Moscow. Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the area in 1988; the
    struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from the
    Soviet Union in 1991. By May 1994, when a cease-fire took hold, Armenian
    forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also a significant portion of
    Azerbaijan proper. The economies of both sides have been hurt by their
    inability to make substantial progress toward a peaceful resolution.”

    It is interesting to note that the CIA devotes more than two-thirds of the
    “background” information on Armenia to Karabagh, indicating CIA’s special
    attention to that region. By stating that Karabagh was “assigned to Soviet
    Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow,” the CIA is confirming the Armenian
    position that Karabagh was historically a part of Armenia. Finally, by
    referring to the territories surrounding Karabagh — but not to Karabagh
    itself — as “Azerbaijan proper,” the CIA reinforces its acknowledgement
    that Karabagh is not part of Azerbaijan.

    Even more interesting is the following paragraph under the title of
    “disputes”: “Armenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists in
    Nagorno-Karabakh and militarily occupies 16% of Azerbaijan — Organization
    for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) continues to mediate dispute;
    border with Turkey remains closed over Nagorno-Karabakh dispute; traditional
    demands regarding former Armenian lands in Turkey have subsided; ethnic
    Armenian groups in Javakheti region of Georgia seek greater autonomy, closer
    ties with Armenia.”

    The above paragraph contains three false assertions: 1) Armenia does not
    occupy 16% of Azerbaijan. Karabagh Armenians (with support from Armenia)
    liberated themselves from the tyranny of Azerbaijan; 2) the Armenians of
    Karabagh are not “secessionists.” They seek self-determination — a right
    recognized by the United Nations; and 3) Contrary to the CIA’s assertion
    (which were also made in the earlier editions of the “World Factbook”),
    Armenian demands for their historic lands from Turkey have not “subsided.”
    The Treaty of Sevres recognized the territories occupied by Turkey as
    Armenian lands. The borders of a much larger Armenia were drawn by Pres.
    Woodrow Wilson. It is comforting that the CIA acknowledges that these
    territories did belong to Armenia by referring to them as “former Armenian
    lands in Turkey.”

    In another CIA document (“Resolving conflicts in the Caucasus and Moldova:
    perspectives on next steps”), a distinguished panel of exper ts contradicted
    those who say that time is on Azerbaijan’s side in the Karabagh conflict.
    The panel members made the following very interesting observations:

    “Some observers see substantial strengths in the Armenian position, since
    the Armenians occupy the territory and over time their possession may be
    consolidated in de facto terms. Although Azerbaijan has the economic
    advantage, economic indicators may not be a deciding factor for at least
    three reasons:
    1) Azerbaijan’s relative economic strength is also its vulnerability
    since the Armenians understand that another war will interfere with
    petroleum transport, undermine regional investment, and compromise
    Azerbaijan’s economic momentum;
    2) Many Armenians have concluded on the basis of their troubled
    history that they cannot safely reside in territory controlled by
    Azerbaijan, and they are consequently resolute;
    3) Armenians are prepared to sustain high levels of suffering. The
    rhetoric of Azeri hard-liners may therefore accomplish little beyond
    reducing Armenian’s capacity for compromise. One of the difficulties in the
    conflict is that both parties regard time as being on their side. In each
    case, this is a fallacy. Yet it is difficult for either party to see around
    a long history of mutual grievance and mistrust.”

    Armenians should make it clear to the whole world that their demands for
    their historical lands in Turkey, Karabagh or elsewhere, are as valid as
    ever, and not “subsiding!”

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  2. THIS IS SO IMMATURE THAT THE TURKISH FORUM ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER WOULD TRY TO DICTATE ARTICLES THAT ARE UNREALSITIC TO BEGIN WITH I THINK YOU SHOULD DO MORE HOMEWORK AND CHECK OUT THE CIA FACTBOOK BEFORE TRYING ACT TO BE A BOARD MEMBER OF A FORUM THAT IS BEING READ WORLWIDE, MAYBE YOUR SO CALLED TURKISH POLITICS ARE RUNNING OUT OF LIES BUT REST ASSURE IN THE INTERNET ERA EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE AND SOONER OR LATER YOU AND YOUR GOVERNEMNT WILL WITH NO OTHER CHOICE RECOGNISE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND WESTERN ARMENIAN LANDS THAT WAS RECOGNISED BUT OUR GREAT PRESIDENT OF THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WODDROE WILSON.

  3. YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN BY NOW YOU CLAIM EXPECTATION OF A DISASTER BUT THE DISASTER IS WHAT YOU BROUGHT UPON US WITH YOUR CROOKED IDEOLOGY AND IT IS BACKFIRING ON YOU AND DONT FORGET YOU ARE THE SAME COUNTRY THAT YOU DENIED OUR ARMED FORCES OF THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ENTER IRAQ SHOULD I REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, AS YOU CAN SEE YOU ARE THE ONE THAT ARE IN PANICK NOW BECASUE THE TRUTH ALWAYS HERTS BUT REST ASSURE THAT THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE JUST LIKE THE DOVES ARE SET FREE DURING WEDDINGS, AND I’M SURE YOU SEEN THE WHITE DOVES FLYING LIKE A FREE BIRDS AGAIN AND GOING BACK TO THEIR HOMES AND YOU SHOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY, BELEIVE ME THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE GOING THRU RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF WHAT YOUR ANCESTORS DID BUT YOUR COUNTRY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND LOOK AT THE TURKISH COURTS AFTER THE GENOCIDE HOW MANY PASHAS WERE CONVICTED FOR THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE AGAQINS THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE, YET AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE THE DOCTORS AND TEACHERS AND LAYWERS IN TURKEY AND WE WERE THE USTAS AND MUSICIANS IN TURKEY SHOULD I GO ON I THINK I WILL WAIT FOR YOUR REPLY JUST TO SEE EXACTLY IT WILL TURN OUT.

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