The Azeris and Armenians are hostile to each other because Armenia launched a war to conquer territory, and they still hold that territory.
The Russians support Armenia because the land they took gives them a land route to Iran.
The Iranians support the Armenians because a third of Iranians are actually ethnic Azeris and they do not want Secular Azerbaijan influencing them. (Interestingly, Ayatollah Khomeini was an ethnic Azeri.)
Israel supports Azerbaijan because they are hostile to Iran.
Turkey supports Azerbaijan because they are hostile to Armenia.
Israel and Turkey used to support each other but don't any more.
The US supports Azerbaijan because it has a lot of oil, could be a path for a pipeline from Central Asia to the West, is hostile to Iran, and is friendly towards Israel.
Hitler invaded the Soviet Union mainly because he wanted to have the oil fields in Azerbaijan (just had to throw that in)
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I was not suggesting that there are only or mainly religious frontlines... in the opposite I mentioned the religious affiliationsto show it is not a simple “Judeo-Christians” vs. “Islam” as many here like to view all kinds of conflicts.
You are right overall in characterizing tb
he different interests involved.
I’d add that there is deep historical antipathy between Armenians and Jews over the role played by Jews and Crypto-Jewish Sabbateans in Ottoman/Turkish policies against Armenians.
Also Iranians view ‘North Azerbaijan’ (Arran) as historical Iranian land and the Azeris as ‘renegade’ mostly turkified Iranians who were enstraged from Iran through Ottoman/Turkish and Tsarist/Soviet policies.
Excellent break down
Reminds me of the Lingston Trio song that starts out “they’re rioting in Africa...”
Armenia still needs to apologize for Cher and the Kardashians.