Are we really doing this again?

[Aqua Letifer]

http://asbarez.com/195350/death-to-armenians-thousands-rally-in-baku-demanding-war-with-armenia/

http://asbarez.com/195410/ankara-says-armenia-will-definitely-pay-as-baku-vows-attack-on-nuclear-plant/

[Jolly]

Hasn't it been about 100 years since the last genocide? That seems to be about the cycle over there....

[George K]

@Jolly said in Are we really doing this again?:

Hasn't it been about 100 years since the last genocide OVER THERE? That seems to be about the cycle over there....

FIFY.

There's one going on in China right now, from what I hear....

[Loki]

Here’s the best explanation of what is really going on:

https://www.voanews.com/europe/azerbaijan-armenia-clashes-highlight-turkey-russia-rift

[Aqua Letifer]

@Loki said in Are we really doing this again?:

Here’s the best explanation of what is really going on:

https://www.voanews.com/europe/azerbaijan-armenia-clashes-highlight-turkey-russia-rift

What sparked the latest violence was not clear,

No, it's clear. Armed Azerbaijanis crossed the border.

Turkish pro-government media have been quick to accuse Moscow of encouraging Armenia to attack Azerbaijan, albeit without substantiating the allegation.

Show me the Armenians who have invaded Azerbaijan.

The Azeri-Turkish partnership could deepen further as a new opportunity arises in 2021, when a major gas deal between Turkey and Russia is up for renewal.
*The 25-year-old deal has obliged Turkey to buy a set amount of Russian gas annually, ensuring Russia's dominance of the Turkish energy market. *

That's closer, I think.

[Loki]

I know someone well who’s great great grandparents were taken to a church in Gaziantep, locked in and burned alive. No question from that person’s perspective of a Turkey-Russia proxy war but also the painful genocide memories.

It all gets very complicated very quickly of course, imagine Russia being your benefactor.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Loki said in Are we really doing this again?:

I know someone well who’s great great grandparents were taken to a church in Gaziantep, locked in and burned alive. No question from that person’s perspective of a Turkey-Russia proxy war but also the painful genocide memories.

It all gets very complicated very quickly of course, imagine Russia being your benefactor.

My FIL is Armenian. His dad wrote a book about the genocide, which the family somehow lived through. It's interesting stuff, especially from the American policy perspective. It's weird we just never acknowledged that it happened until W of all people. Horrifying history on their end, strange on ours.