ARMENIA: YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND MAYBE NO TOMORROW
Gibrahayer e-magazine www.gibrahayer.com
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By Lucine Kasbarian
Yesterday, Armenia was a battlefield and prize for competing empires. Today, Armenia is a battlefield and prize for competing empires.
Yesterday, the Young Turks' regime released criminals from prison to terrorise Armenians.
Today, Turkish and Armenian regimes contain criminals who terrorise Armenians.
Yesterday, the Turkish government solved its “Armenian problem” with repression, violence and murder, including the execution of 250 intellectuals in 1915. Today, the Turkish government solves its “Armenian problem” with repression, violence and murder, including the execution of Hrant Dink in 2007.
Yesterday, in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian women threw themselves into rivers and over cliffs to avoid Turkish rape, forced marriages and slavery. Today, in Turkey, migrant women from Armenia prostitute themselves, while Armenian women Turkify themselves through intermarriage.
Yesterday, Armenians struggled on their own lands to retain their faith, language and traditions. Today, Armenians live in foreign lands, and while free to practise their faith, language and traditions, let them fade away.
Yesterday, international media reported truthfully about the Armenian Genocide. Today, international media willingly publish Turkish propaganda and genocide denials.
Yesterday, Turkish authorities removed Armenians from their lands to convince the world that Armenians never lived there. Today, Turkish authorities dismantle churches, monuments, and cemeteries to convince the world that Armenians never lived there.
Yesterday, Turkish leaders demonised Armenians through word of mouth to turn the Turks against them. Today, Turkish leaders demonise Armenians through books and films to turn the Turks against them.
Yesterday, ordinary Armenians, their backs to the wall, secured an independent nation on the battlefield. Today, Armenia’s ruling cabal may wilfully surrender their nation behind closed doors.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Vratsian was forced to hand Armenia to the Soviets to save it from Turkish destruction. Today, President Sargsyan and his clique voluntarily sacrifice Armenia’s interests for their own benefit.
Yesterday, Armenians mistakenly trusted the Western powers and Russia. The Armenian nation paid the price. Today, Armenians mistakenly trust the Western powers and Russia. The Armenian nation pays the price.
Yesterday, Armenians of Arstakh defended their native lands against Azeri hostility. Today, Armenians of Arstakh defend their native lands against Azeri and NATO hostility.
Yesterday, Armenian leaders sacrificed their lives to secure liberty for their people. Today, Armenians leaders sacrifice their dignity for their own personal ambitions.
Yesterday, a closed border prevented Turkey from penetrating Armenia. Today, an open border could enable Turkey to penetrate Armenia.
Yesterday, Armenia would have been eliminated if its people did not resist. Today, Armenia will be eliminated if its people do not resist. Lucine Kasbarian is an Armenian American writer
GAME OVER ... WE LOSE
On an additional note, if the Turkish - Armenian "road-map" is revealed to be true, something I tend to believe, I will give my formal resignation from Hay Tad activities, as all our efforts and sacrifices are permanently destroyed with the stroke of a pen by the Armenian leadership that we look up to for guidance and strength. A copy of my resignation with the reasons will be sent to the Ministry of Diaspora in Armenia to let them know of the 'good progress' this government is doing.
Indeed, this road-map is the epitaph on the tombstone of Hay Tad, the countless victims of the Genocide and the future of all the generations of Armenians that will follow. What the Turks did not manage to do to us at Sardarabad, our leadership has done to us in Yerevan.
Diran Kassabian - Limassol
from the pages of Gibrahayer e-magazine Wednesday 10 December, 2008
by Allen Yekikian - The ARF Dashnaktsoutiun has urged the Armenian Government to be cautious in its rapprochement with Turkey, saying that Ankara is using it to influence the Karabakh peace process and scuttle international recognition of the Armenian genocide.The issue was high on the agenda of a three-day plenary meeting of the Dashnaktsoutiun's Bureau, where Armenia's foreign and domestic challenges were examined.
The meeting, which finished its work in Beirut Monday, also discussed immediate and long-term strategies for coordinating its international affiliates in bolstering Armenia's statehood.
In a statement released on Thursday, the Bureau said international recognition of the genocide is a top priority for Armenia's foreign policy, warning that President Serzh Sargsyan's diplomatic overtures to Turkey are being manipulated “for halting the genocide recognition process and making relations between the two states conditional on Armenia's relations with a third country, Azerbaijan.”
PILGRIMAGE TO TURKISH-OCCUPIED SOURP MAGAR MONASTERY TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS SUNDAY 10 MAY
Gibrahayer - Nicosia May 6, 2009 - The second pilgrimage to the Turkish-occupied Armenian Monastery of Sourp Magar - organised by the Office of the Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian and the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus - will take place this Sunday 10 May.The convoy of buses will leave at 11:00 am from the Armenian Prelature and participants are once again reminded not to forget their IDs and passports. Community members, wishing to participate in the pilgrimage - who have not signed up yet - may do so by driving to the monastery with their own vehicles and joining the rest of the community members there. You may download a booklet on the Magaravank's treasures from here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/210454308/Magaravank-1.pdf
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