Posted on 10/10/2022 5:56:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
For a president who entered office claiming human rights would be the central tenet of his foreign policy, President Joe Biden has had a mixed record halfway through his presidency. There's no question that his leadership on the world stage in defending and supporting countries like Ukraine has sent a strong message to autocrats like Russian President Vladimir Putin that their nefarious actions will not be tolerated.
President Biden's willingness to stand up to bullies both here and abroad has the potential to be a key hallmark of his presidency. But his administration's handling of Azerbaijan's illegal war and unprovoked attacks on Armenia promises to derail any of those accomplishments.
Put simply, Azerbaijan is committing war crimes and atrocities. Despite overwhelming evidence, the Biden administration has done next to nothing in holding Azerbaijan accountable and keeping them in check.
Taking a page out of Vladmir Putin's playbook, Azerbaijan's petro-dictator Ilham Aliyev used the pretext of historical revisionism to start an unlawful war in 2020 against Armenians living in their ancestral homeland of Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Artsakh to Armenians.
And while a tenuous ceasefire remains in place, Azerbaijan continues to violate the terms of the peace agreement by attacking the territorial integrity of Armenia. Last month, Azerbaijan fired artillery and drone strikes against Armenian border towns including Vardenis, Goris, Sotk, and Jermuk while killing hundreds of Armenian soldiers and forcing Armenian civilians to evacuate.
It was during those recent clashes where Azerbaijan troops mutilated a female Armenian soldier who was subsequently stripped naked with text written across her breasts and stomach. A stone was placed in her eye socket and a severed finger in her mouth. And video evidence recently emerged showing Azerbaijani troops executing a small group of captured Armenian soldiers.
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I guess their check didn’t clear.
Who cares?
The Turks are supporting those "nefarious" Azerbaijanis. Yet another reason for Armenians to hate Turks, and another reason we shouldn't let Turkey fully integrate into the European Union.
Russia have helped Armenians to defend their country. However now, they are entangled in Ukraine and unable to help fellow Christian Armenians.
Another bad side effect of stupid Putin’s war on Ukraine.
I think 1915 is good enough reason for the Armenians to hate the Turks.
1. Schiff's district includes a lot of Armenians
2. Schiff virtue signals to the Aremenians to get their votes.
3. This is another opportunity for Schiff to virtue signal
4. Schiff gets another two years in Congress to continue his malevolent attack on America.
Schiff's district used to be a solid Republican district, but was redistricted to become lean Democrat. His only opposition this year is some nut job calling itself Maebe A. Girl.
Concern about what is going on a third world shithole will have no impact on Adam shit’s electoral fortunes.
Bkmk
Thank you both for the info.
Armenia leaned on Russia because they had to. But in the past 10 years, Russia has started to help Azerbaijan more, and it may get worse for Armenia.
Yes, but Russia is a close ally with Turkey, so how do you figre that>
Funny, ain’t it, that when a Republican is in the White House, the demoncrats are dead-set against the US being the world’s policeman. But now they want President Braindead to intervene in a European war because of “war crimes and atrocities.”
“...Russia has sent a strong message to the neo-Nazis’ like Ukrainian President ZelenskyyIdiot that their nefarious actions will not be tolerated.”
Fixed/Corrected.
I think that’s why Russia’s support of Armenia is much less whole-hearted than Turkey’s support of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan is an ally of Russia, and Russia supports them.
Armenia have since built a huge US Embassy and Soros crowds are screaming ‘Russian troops out”, whereas the government is talking the EU and NATO (even though Armenia is in the Middle East).
Why should Russia defend them? Let NATO fight Turkey for them...or wait, nevermind.
Reuters claims that Russia is Armenia’s major ally.
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