The United Group of Forces in the Caucasus. Part Two - Reply to the "Peacekeepers"
After the article "United grouping of troops in the Caucasus. Prospects and goals," some particularly zealous "peacekeepers" from this region began to actively "splash saliva" in my direction. This is understandable. The conflict is in such a phase that it is no longer possible to find those responsible for the deaths on both sides. Both Baku and Yerevan have their own truth. And this is precisely the truth, not the "truth." Armenians and Azerbaijanis are right. Right in their own way. Just because the death of a soldier, the death of a civilian, the death of a child gives a person the right to this truth.
I do not want to reopen the wound, which today is more than 10500 days. Therefore, the article was primarily about the need to create groups in order to prevent the next "small war" in the region. I analyzed the need to create a group for the Russian Federation. But the activity of readers, especially from Baku, simply forces to continue the topic.
So, in the previous article I briefly touched on the April battles in Karabakh. As well as the interpretation of the results of these fights by some Baku politicians. I did not write about the official position of the President of Azerbaijan on this issue, but, apparently, in vain. Well, the error must be corrected.
A week ago, President Ilham Aliyev held a meeting with cadets of Azerbaijani military schools from the Fizuli region. Some participants in this meeting were directly involved in the fighting. Therefore, no one expected a “politeness” from the president. And Ilham Aliyev himself is not very inclined towards them.
What interesting did the president of Azerbaijan say? If it is simple, then only that Azerbaijan "will put an end to the occupation of its lands, and there is every reason for this: the army of Azerbaijan is among the strongest armies in the world, its material and technical support is at the highest level, its combat capability is increasing, professionalism is increasing."
As you can see, dear "peacemakers", I'm right, not you. Baku is not going to refuse a military solution to the problem. Moreover, the leadership of Azerbaijan sees this decision as the only correct one.
"In April, Armenia made another armed provocation against our state, our people. The heroic Azerbaijani army - soldiers and officers of our people - responded adequately to this provocation. After conducting a successful counter-offensive operation, it dealt crushing blows to the enemy, and freed part of the lands under occupation Azerbaijan. The operation to clean the height of Leletepe in the Fizuli region from invaders is our glorious history... Today we are able to destroy any object of the enemy. The April battles once again demonstrated the power of our army. "
I repeat, who is right and who is to blame for this conflict is difficult to understand today. And is it necessary? The main task today is different. The main thing today is to prevent another slaughter. Aliyev is right that the Azerbaijani army today is a real force. And training, and weapons. Indeed, the reform of the army has been carried out by Baku since 1994. And carried out successfully.
But ... The Armenian army, albeit not so much, but also knows how and has. Cadres of the Armenian army are also trained professionally. Arms also purchased. And what will this lead to?
The conflict, if allowed, will be even more bloody. More mothers will mourn their sons. At both sides. Even more hatred will be in the common people in relation to the opposite side. And who will benefit from this?
The people of Azerbaijan? The people of Armenia? Russia? USA? Martians, finally? No one!
The only party that would very much like to have such a conflict in the Caucasus is the terrorist organizations that are frantically searching for ways out of Syria and Iraq. Which need "peace bases" in places where they will not reach the Russian or American aircraft.
Thus, I returned to the idea about which I wrote in the previous article. The new group will become the frontier of protection not only for Russia, but for the entire Caucasus. Including both states, which today are "in standby mode". A thin world is better than a good war. Diplomatic victory is not less a victory than a military one.
Ilham Aliyev calls the victory in the April battles historical. I completely agree with this interpretation. History is written by the people and for the people. For Azerbaijan, for the history of Azerbaijanis, victory will always remain a victory. And those 2000 hectares of land that the soldiers "returned" are probably worth such losses and such costs. From the point of view of the victory.
And in terms of common sense? 2000 hectares of land in Fizuli, Jabrail and Agdere districts against officially recognized 31 dead? And according to Armenian intelligence, this number rises to 94 ... In four days of fighting. Is it too much for far from the most populated states of the world? For not the most fertile lands of the region?
Russia is often blamed for the fact that during our "separate" existence, we have learned to "freeze" conflicts in the territories of the former Soviet republics. We allegedly do not let the peoples solve their problems on their own. Central Asia, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia. This is not a complete list of countries where Russia "has prevented to solve." Where Russia stopped the real massacre. War of all against all.
Solve it! Every nation must solve its own problems. Decide, not pour the blood of their own fellow citizens. As it happens today in Ukraine.
I do not want to reopen the wound, which today is more than 10500 days. Therefore, the article was primarily about the need to create groups in order to prevent the next "small war" in the region. I analyzed the need to create a group for the Russian Federation. But the activity of readers, especially from Baku, simply forces to continue the topic.
So, in the previous article I briefly touched on the April battles in Karabakh. As well as the interpretation of the results of these fights by some Baku politicians. I did not write about the official position of the President of Azerbaijan on this issue, but, apparently, in vain. Well, the error must be corrected.
A week ago, President Ilham Aliyev held a meeting with cadets of Azerbaijani military schools from the Fizuli region. Some participants in this meeting were directly involved in the fighting. Therefore, no one expected a “politeness” from the president. And Ilham Aliyev himself is not very inclined towards them.
What interesting did the president of Azerbaijan say? If it is simple, then only that Azerbaijan "will put an end to the occupation of its lands, and there is every reason for this: the army of Azerbaijan is among the strongest armies in the world, its material and technical support is at the highest level, its combat capability is increasing, professionalism is increasing."
As you can see, dear "peacemakers", I'm right, not you. Baku is not going to refuse a military solution to the problem. Moreover, the leadership of Azerbaijan sees this decision as the only correct one.
"In April, Armenia made another armed provocation against our state, our people. The heroic Azerbaijani army - soldiers and officers of our people - responded adequately to this provocation. After conducting a successful counter-offensive operation, it dealt crushing blows to the enemy, and freed part of the lands under occupation Azerbaijan. The operation to clean the height of Leletepe in the Fizuli region from invaders is our glorious history... Today we are able to destroy any object of the enemy. The April battles once again demonstrated the power of our army. "
I repeat, who is right and who is to blame for this conflict is difficult to understand today. And is it necessary? The main task today is different. The main thing today is to prevent another slaughter. Aliyev is right that the Azerbaijani army today is a real force. And training, and weapons. Indeed, the reform of the army has been carried out by Baku since 1994. And carried out successfully.
But ... The Armenian army, albeit not so much, but also knows how and has. Cadres of the Armenian army are also trained professionally. Arms also purchased. And what will this lead to?
The conflict, if allowed, will be even more bloody. More mothers will mourn their sons. At both sides. Even more hatred will be in the common people in relation to the opposite side. And who will benefit from this?
The people of Azerbaijan? The people of Armenia? Russia? USA? Martians, finally? No one!
The only party that would very much like to have such a conflict in the Caucasus is the terrorist organizations that are frantically searching for ways out of Syria and Iraq. Which need "peace bases" in places where they will not reach the Russian or American aircraft.
Thus, I returned to the idea about which I wrote in the previous article. The new group will become the frontier of protection not only for Russia, but for the entire Caucasus. Including both states, which today are "in standby mode". A thin world is better than a good war. Diplomatic victory is not less a victory than a military one.
Ilham Aliyev calls the victory in the April battles historical. I completely agree with this interpretation. History is written by the people and for the people. For Azerbaijan, for the history of Azerbaijanis, victory will always remain a victory. And those 2000 hectares of land that the soldiers "returned" are probably worth such losses and such costs. From the point of view of the victory.
And in terms of common sense? 2000 hectares of land in Fizuli, Jabrail and Agdere districts against officially recognized 31 dead? And according to Armenian intelligence, this number rises to 94 ... In four days of fighting. Is it too much for far from the most populated states of the world? For not the most fertile lands of the region?
Russia is often blamed for the fact that during our "separate" existence, we have learned to "freeze" conflicts in the territories of the former Soviet republics. We allegedly do not let the peoples solve their problems on their own. Central Asia, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia. This is not a complete list of countries where Russia "has prevented to solve." Where Russia stopped the real massacre. War of all against all.
Solve it! Every nation must solve its own problems. Decide, not pour the blood of their own fellow citizens. As it happens today in Ukraine.
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