How could you know? We don't have a news media in the US; if some globalist can't profit by it, you won't hear about it in the US. Pretty sure it's that way all across the west (certainly Canada, pretty sure about the UK too).
Surprised you didn’t go into a little more detail on how the Armenians (well at least their government) became globalized and woke in the previous decade. They accepted US ‘help’ and look what it got them.
I wanted to focus on the beauty of the land and its people, not the idiocy of its government. Armenia was led down the primrose path just like Ukraine. US backed "Velvet Revolution" installed soy bugman journalist Pashinyan as Prime Minister. When push came to shove from Azeri dictator Aliev, the US was nowhere to be found and Papa Putin had to step in. Now the EU is firmly in the Azeri corner because they need his oil, so no one in the West will condemn the war crimes and cultural desecration. Many Armenians believe that the fate of Karabakh was decided in backrooms before a shot was fired, a theory supported by the nonsensical military strategy. Once again, good men were sacrificed for the profits of bad men.
One of my best friends is Armenian, and although I didn’t get many opportunities to meet her extended family, I did have that privilege on a couple of occasions. They are all lovely people. Intelligent, proud of their traditions and heritage, and welcoming to me. I even had the privilege of attending one of their church services. As a Christian, it was like being able to look into the past. I have a couple other friend who are members of an Orthodox faith and they too cherish the ancient forms of worship.
May God grant strength and deliver all who just want to live a good and free life as they see fit and be at peace with their neighbor.
I think, as a reader, that this sort of writing and illuminating is where your talents and your anger bring us something unforgettable, and I guess that's why I react so strongly when I feel you take cheap shots at unworthy targets. This was lovely and important and I hope your audience grows; I'm glad I am here to read it, myself.
Small tawdry people whose importance is only magnified by focusing scorn upon them. They are certainly legion, but they're so truly pitiable for the complete lack of meaning in their lives that drives their wretchedness.
I'd enjoy a more in-depth examination, say, of the circumstances and influences upon them that culminated in lives so poisoned by malignant boredom that they're trying to poison all of our lives, too.
For example: I myself was never a "feminist." I recognized early enough that women are often the greatest hindrances to the happiness and success of other women, and that it was a mission of elite, or elite-aspiring *progressive* women to make a savage mockery of the normal healthy aspirations of human beings to mate complementarily and have the resources and time to raise healthy children, and that was a complete achievement in itself.
You know all that bullshit about *learning to code* and recruiting *more girls in STEM fields" n' all that?
What the hell did they think women had been doing, for all those thousands of years of stringing yarn on looms and creating every form of textiles with mathematically-complex designs? Or just, you know, multiplying grandma's cake recipe to feed 200 at the social?
It's the way *ordinary* has been turned, in the progressive imagination, to *stupid and worthless.* It's easy, and I will not deny, sometimes quite pleasurable to mock all those fat blue-haired Karens spitting gobs from their large ugly mouths as they scream invective at everyone.
It's harder to see the desperate anguish in their empty lives. In the olden days an ugly man could find an ugly wife and the two could build a modest and satisfying life together, having children who might with better nutrition turn out a little less ugly than their parents. Now the world is filled with too many people nobody wants to fuck even for a five-minute's release of tension. That's a story too.
Thanks so much for the informative, moving and beautiful piece on an area of the world that I knew nothing about. Looking at the picture of the priest reminded me of the music and the movie, The Mission with Jeremy Irons and Robert DiNiro.
I've been reading quite a bit about ancient Rome lately, mainly through the adventures of 2 Roman soldiers,Macro and Cato, in Simon Scarrow's novels (19 of them now, read all of them over past couple of months, highly highly recommend these is you're into roman history). Armenia was used as a battle ground between the Roman and Parthian(continuation of the Persian) empires and numerous wars were fought over who controlled it, seems like history just keeps on repeating itself with this country as they've been fighting for their independence for millennia now. The priest you mentioned is one badass motherfucker who would have been right at home during the Roman years, need more like him in this world.
That was stirring... thank you for this.
I hate traveling....but I wish I could see this 'Oblast and talk to it's people.
I hadn't even heard there were wars fought recently 😳 😔
How could you know? We don't have a news media in the US; if some globalist can't profit by it, you won't hear about it in the US. Pretty sure it's that way all across the west (certainly Canada, pretty sure about the UK too).
Surprised you didn’t go into a little more detail on how the Armenians (well at least their government) became globalized and woke in the previous decade. They accepted US ‘help’ and look what it got them.
I wanted to focus on the beauty of the land and its people, not the idiocy of its government. Armenia was led down the primrose path just like Ukraine. US backed "Velvet Revolution" installed soy bugman journalist Pashinyan as Prime Minister. When push came to shove from Azeri dictator Aliev, the US was nowhere to be found and Papa Putin had to step in. Now the EU is firmly in the Azeri corner because they need his oil, so no one in the West will condemn the war crimes and cultural desecration. Many Armenians believe that the fate of Karabakh was decided in backrooms before a shot was fired, a theory supported by the nonsensical military strategy. Once again, good men were sacrificed for the profits of bad men.
Very cool. I know very little about this. My bestie is ethnically Armenian I bought her this as a bday present once https://www.jmbullion.com/1-oz-armenian-silver-noahs-ark-coin-vy/
In 2008 en route to Kurdistan autonomous zone I was in central Turkey and I was talking “blah blah blah Kurdistan” I got so many death stares
My bestie is also Armenian and I went with him on this trip. Will get him this beautiful coin!
One of my best friends is Armenian, and although I didn’t get many opportunities to meet her extended family, I did have that privilege on a couple of occasions. They are all lovely people. Intelligent, proud of their traditions and heritage, and welcoming to me. I even had the privilege of attending one of their church services. As a Christian, it was like being able to look into the past. I have a couple other friend who are members of an Orthodox faith and they too cherish the ancient forms of worship.
May God grant strength and deliver all who just want to live a good and free life as they see fit and be at peace with their neighbor.
Haven't heard N-K mentioned in quite a while.
I think, as a reader, that this sort of writing and illuminating is where your talents and your anger bring us something unforgettable, and I guess that's why I react so strongly when I feel you take cheap shots at unworthy targets. This was lovely and important and I hope your audience grows; I'm glad I am here to read it, myself.
Appreciate the candid feedback. What were the cheap shots at unworthy targets? Will try to minimize those and amplify stories like Karabakh.
Count me as one who find your targets most worthy and richly deserving.
Small tawdry people whose importance is only magnified by focusing scorn upon them. They are certainly legion, but they're so truly pitiable for the complete lack of meaning in their lives that drives their wretchedness.
I'd enjoy a more in-depth examination, say, of the circumstances and influences upon them that culminated in lives so poisoned by malignant boredom that they're trying to poison all of our lives, too.
For example: I myself was never a "feminist." I recognized early enough that women are often the greatest hindrances to the happiness and success of other women, and that it was a mission of elite, or elite-aspiring *progressive* women to make a savage mockery of the normal healthy aspirations of human beings to mate complementarily and have the resources and time to raise healthy children, and that was a complete achievement in itself.
You know all that bullshit about *learning to code* and recruiting *more girls in STEM fields" n' all that?
What the hell did they think women had been doing, for all those thousands of years of stringing yarn on looms and creating every form of textiles with mathematically-complex designs? Or just, you know, multiplying grandma's cake recipe to feed 200 at the social?
It's the way *ordinary* has been turned, in the progressive imagination, to *stupid and worthless.* It's easy, and I will not deny, sometimes quite pleasurable to mock all those fat blue-haired Karens spitting gobs from their large ugly mouths as they scream invective at everyone.
It's harder to see the desperate anguish in their empty lives. In the olden days an ugly man could find an ugly wife and the two could build a modest and satisfying life together, having children who might with better nutrition turn out a little less ugly than their parents. Now the world is filled with too many people nobody wants to fuck even for a five-minute's release of tension. That's a story too.
Thanks so much for the informative, moving and beautiful piece on an area of the world that I knew nothing about. Looking at the picture of the priest reminded me of the music and the movie, The Mission with Jeremy Irons and Robert DiNiro.
Thank you for this... I have not been to NKAO, but did travel extensively through Armenia and Georgia back in 2007... God bless Armenia.
I've been reading quite a bit about ancient Rome lately, mainly through the adventures of 2 Roman soldiers,Macro and Cato, in Simon Scarrow's novels (19 of them now, read all of them over past couple of months, highly highly recommend these is you're into roman history). Armenia was used as a battle ground between the Roman and Parthian(continuation of the Persian) empires and numerous wars were fought over who controlled it, seems like history just keeps on repeating itself with this country as they've been fighting for their independence for millennia now. The priest you mentioned is one badass motherfucker who would have been right at home during the Roman years, need more like him in this world.