The Khojaly massacre represents the single biggest loss of civilian life in the Karabakh wars. This was established by two contemporary reports by Memorial and HRW. To deny it is wrong, has nothing to do with criticising the Azerbaijani government and doesn't help Armenia at all
The Khojaly massacre represents the single biggest loss of civilian life in the Karabakh wars. This was established by two contemporary reports by Memorial and HRW. To deny it is wrong, has nothing to do with criticising the Azerbaijani government and doesn't help Armenia at all
@atanessi I understand you want to provide a sobering different perspective which is good, but sometimes it ends up being a distorted one-sided view rather than an objective balanced one. Another example was your recent post calling COP29 a “great success”.
@atanessi That is a one-sided statement taking into account several massacres of Armenians between 1988 and 1992, as well as 3 different (2 opposite & 1 in the middle and I myself tend to believe in the latter) explanations of what has happened in Khojalu.
@atanessi It isn't like Rubin cares about HRW anyway
Don't forget that the Armenian lobby's puppet @mrubin1971 is one of the "heroes" of Epstein Island. It is normal for him to deny Khojaly. For these perverts, killing children and women is considered normal. That's why he denies Khojaly. But not for long. This man will be tried one day.
The article is really just talking about how the current Azeri government is constantly inflating those figures and details to a staggering extent to push their mirror propaganda. It wasn’t as bad as what they claim today and Armenians were not completely at fault for it either. Russians played a role and so did Azeris.
@atanessi Well deserved; no one should give a fuck
@atanessi This Rubin guy is the most shameless mouthpiece for hire. He used to praise Azerbaijan and slam Armenia, and now apparently got new Armenian sponsors, presumably ANCA, and writes complete opposite to what he wrote before. The guy is the champion of mental acrobatics
@atanessi Tragedy yes, but what happened from 1988-1992 to Armenians in Sumgait, Kirovabad, Baku and Maragha? Azerbaijanis don't like to talk about that.
@atanessi There’s an argument to be made that it’s best to let Khojaly die by just saying sorry. I’m somewhat sympathetic to it. The other argument tho is that this would oversimplify history, and more to the point, 🇦🇿 wouldn’t change its tune anyway since recognition isn’t the beef.
@atanessi Numbers are not the full story. Why and how it happened are extremely relevant. Khojaly happened randomly during wartime. Sumgait was during peace-time, it was pre-planned by the government, and it was in response to a legal and democratic referendum.
@atanessi 99.9% of Armenians agree that you do nothing to help Armenia at all 🤡
@atanessi I am sorry that you did not get attention from your parents. Now repeat after me "I am damaged good for life".
@atanessi Ouuu look at me I'm a level headed armenian who's capable of seing both sides. Remember the soldiers they raped and mutilated
@atanessi Considering most information from Baku (like number of IDPs from the 7 rayons) is completely false & used to justify further aggression against Armenians, it is extremely appropriate that @mrubin1971 would question Khojaly. What part of his article was not well researched?
@atanessi Khojaly was light work compared to 3 major pograms that preceded it, Operation Ring? What followed Khojaly btw? Maraga, now shut the fuck up and have some self respect.
@atanessi Azerbaijan was responsible for the Khojalu massacre as admitted by their former president and according to numerous international and Azeri journalists on the ground. You should provide context Grigorik.
@atanessi Let me guess, you're another az troll with an am name? Otherwise it is impossible to legitimize your nonsense.
@atanessi Please change your name already. I beg you.
@atanessi I applaud you for acknowledging one of the darkest moments in our history committed by your compatriots. I'm also (not) shocked to see all Khojaly Massacre denialists coming out in droves. Both sides suffered a lot. Why can't we just acknowledge that, rectify it, and move on?
@atanessi To take a page from Turkish, Azerbaijani denialists of the Armenian genocide playbook, there should be a joint committee of Armenian and Azerbaijani historians established to study Khojali.
@atanessi From everything I have read, what happened in Khojaly was an unfortunate case of 3 armies in the same place and poor communication that resulted in about 50/60 innocent civilian deaths mainly killed by Russian soldiers. The distortion since then by AZ is shameful.
@atanessi Yes, you're absolutely right. Now, ignorant people will criticize you, but don't pay any attention to them
@atanessi You know nothing about the topic, but “your voices” sound are loudest! Du iskakan takankes… chatlah 🤦🏻♂️
@atanessi There is no denying that deaths happened on both sides, but to suggest that a genocide occurred is wrong. It’s straight out of the Azeri playbook of using the pretext of historical revisionism to rewrite and reimagine the past. Khojaly is just another example of that strategy.