You probably didn't know that Armenians kicked million Azerbaijanis out of their home in Armenia. That incident kick-started all of the atrocities.
The Ganja pogrom was in something like 1988, I don't think it's fair to talk about Armenia deporting Azeris without at least acknowledging that a similar situation was happening the other way.
I don't think it's a great stance to act like something bad isn't currently happening, just because awful shit has been happening back and forth for a while. It's awful for the people being ethnically cleansed now, and it was awful in 1988 as well.
The genocide/not genocide argument seems silly here. This awful situation is because of the collapse of the USSR and NATO meddling.
Edit: just a heads up, it looks like you got banned from here. I think you've got a nugget of a point (i.e. "current events aren't isolated and the tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia aren't as clear as they're sometimes portrayed to be"), but I think you could've phrased it differently.
Thank you for level headed comment. That's exactly what I mean. Current events are just shameless land grab by the local clans. Yesterday the ball was on Armenian side, today is on Azeri.
Shame that innocent people die on both side.
Wish we could bring back peace, like in USSR time before 80s. Armenians thrived in Baku. It was the most ethnically and culturally diverse city in the Soviet union.
The Ganja pogrom was in something like 1988, I don't think it's fair to talk about Armenia deporting Azeris without at least acknowledging that a similar situation was happening the other way.
I don't think it's a great stance to act like something bad isn't currently happening, just because awful shit has been happening back and forth for a while. It's awful for the people being ethnically cleansed now, and it was awful in 1988 as well.
The genocide/not genocide argument seems silly here. This awful situation is because of the collapse of the USSR and NATO meddling.
Edit: just a heads up, it looks like you got banned from here. I think you've got a nugget of a point (i.e. "current events aren't isolated and the tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia aren't as clear as they're sometimes portrayed to be"), but I think you could've phrased it differently.
Thank you for level headed comment. That's exactly what I mean. Current events are just shameless land grab by the local clans. Yesterday the ball was on Armenian side, today is on Azeri. Shame that innocent people die on both side. Wish we could bring back peace, like in USSR time before 80s. Armenians thrived in Baku. It was the most ethnically and culturally diverse city in the Soviet union.