One of the most telling things about Azerbaijan's conquest of Nagorno-Karabakh is how they immediately pivoted from claiming just Karabakh as their land, to saying both Zangezur (southern Armenia) and Yerevan (Armenia's capital) also both belong to Azerbaijan.
These bastards were treating territorial integrity as sacrosanct, immutable and crucial about all else. But they readily abandoned that when they decided, actually, all Armenian land belongs to them. They're not even taking the time to grow comfortable with their gains in Karabakh, they've jumped straight to laying the groundwork for the next invasion.
The only question now is, when Azerbaijan finally attacks (when, not if), will that be a bridge too far for the rest of the international community to ignore? Or is Armenia truly going to be left to its fate - invasion and genocide?
oh, i cannot read the news without tears. my mother was forced to flee from karabakh when she was just fifteen. in a foreign land, without knowing the language, they mocked her for her poor accent, for her old, shabby clothes, for her poverty. her sorrow became a subject of ridicule. but she had no opportunity to receive an education and learn a new language because she was preoccupied with survival.
my mother had to care for her sick father and younger brother, help her mother find any kind of work. she would pick apples and sell them at the market. my mother would rise at five in the morning and labor tirelessly for years until the family managed to find their footing. she would alter old clothes when they became too short. my mother could go hungry for days so that her family could have something.
meanwhile, life went on around her. her peers dressed beautifully, went to dances, savored their youth. my mother had to swallow her pride to avoid losing her mind and fading away.
now she's over forty, she has her own family, but the pain still lingers. she is still frightened by the sounds of thunder, for they so closely resemble the sounds of gunfire. she shares stories from her childhood with bitterness, for in one day she had to grow up forever because of a bunch of bloodthirsty murderers. and now the story repeats itself. inside my mother, the child from karabakh is frightened once again.
my heart aches for all the families who were forced to leave their homes, who lost their loved ones, who became victims of someone else's play at being gods.
i pray for the enlightenment of minds. may the thirst for blood and power finally cease.
Which line from baku's shitshow sprint gets the psychological edge award 🏆
george after a very public confrontation, flashing all 32 teeth at the Dutch presenter and saying "I thought he [Max] came over bc he wanted to say good battle"
Max being surrounded by cameras and deadass threatening george "but expect next time the same. Dickhead"
George exiting stage left as Max is mid rant with "check the onboards" 🚶♂️
Max saying Georges efforts were useless anyway because "I would have overtaken him in a few laps anyway of course"
George, when asked if his move was valid, staring down the lens of the camera and saying "well he had more to lose"
Banning jewelry in the name of safety, banning team members from celebrating on the fences in the name of safety, banning certain underwear in the name of safety... And yet we have people casually strolling all over the pitlane while a race is still going on 💀
""Putin – Fuck – Putin – Fuck" shouted at Russia's Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia, among other things this evening after Azerbaijan restarted it wars of aggression against the people of Armenia today. Russia had gotten itself designated as "peace keeper" in the conflict, but didn't do nothing to keep peace once the aggression restarted."
Tuned into a twitter space about the current blockade of the Lachin Corridor in Artsakh, and boy are some commentators really overplaying their hand with their Azerbaijani talking points.
az*rbaijan has named one of the streets in Stepanakert, where 70000+ Armenians were living a monthe ago, after one of the architects of the Armenian Genocide (enver pasha). According to UN az*rbaijan only wants to "reintegrate" armenians and there's no pressure to leave Artsakh.