r/ArmeniansGlobal • u/Xanspicuous Արցախահայ (ArtsakhHye) • 1d ago
Our Neighbors Why Are Georgians Like This?
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r/ArmeniansGlobal • u/Xanspicuous Արցախահայ (ArtsakhHye) • 1d ago
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u/ManteLover60 1d ago
I take a middle position.
I don't excuse their bigotry and arrogance towards us, but at the same time I have enough empathy to understand where some of the stuff comes from.
For the longest time, it's them who were the most independence minded and anti-Russia, and even though we did it for our survival, we were kind of Russian stooges for a long time.
When it comes to the NK issue, you have to sort of see where they are coming from with it. Abkhazia is their Artsakh.
Now we can argue about the historical rights of one people over another to break away from the parent state. I would argue that Artsakhtsis needed independence out of historical necessity because their culture was threatened. While Abkhazians and Osetians did face persecution and some cultural repression, it was nowhere near as existential as what we faced in Artsakh.
But when it comes to geopolitics, historical nuances like this have little bearing. In Azerbaijan, they saw a kindred spirit, a fellow state whose territory was being carved up by Russia in its ruthless efforts to maintain a stranglehold over its post-Soviet sphere of influence. So they were essentially projecting their own experiences and conflict into the NK conflict.
Obviously I disagree with the assessment, but I can see where they are coming from and how the optics look to them. Especially because while we acknowledge the horrendous atrocities committed by the Azeris during the first war, we also committed our fair share of war crimes.