With strong willpower and insight, it secures undeniable advantages for the holder of this invaluable resource. However, trouble arises when intellectual qualities become hostage to an unhealthy imagination and detachment from reality. This inevitably leads to a display of folly, casting the person in a poor light.
Such is the portrayal of Armenia’s Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan, who does not hide his ambitions and vanity. In Nikol Pashinyan’s team, he has secured certain positions that allow him to be considered one of the key players, even influencing the Yerevan sky.
However, his mental processes have recently shown serious malfunctions, resulting in sheer nonsense. It is unbecoming for someone in such a responsible position to spout nonsense about serious matters.
His descent into cheap demagoguery reveals blatant falsehoods about the state of affairs in the region, forcing one to acknowledge that he is losing touch with reality.
It is possible that psychological and emotional strain is adversely affecting his cognitive process, causing him to spout nonsense. Regardless, his duty requires him to maintain control and avoid descending into a delusional state.
In recent days, he has outdone himself, turning back to the events of 2020, recalling how the valiant Azerbaijani army restored order in its territories, and presenting the situation in an inverted manner. This happened after numerous warnings from President Ilham Aliyev about being ready to discuss compromises with Yerevan. However, Nikol Pashinyan declared Karabakh as Armenian territory, prompting Baku to launch a counter-offensive operation.
Now, A. Grigoryan bluntly claims that “Russia is to blame for Armenia’s loss of Karabakh.” Nostalgic for the grim times of the Azerbaijani Karabakh occupation, the Armenian Security Council Secretary simply vents his grievances with Moscow, presenting yet another bill. His message is clear: before we make a sharp turn towards the West, come to terms with us on how to settle accounts.
It is well-known that the Security Council Secretary is staunchly pro-Western, and it is no secret that he lacks experience in leadership, organizational, and managerial activities. However, someone with such powers should not engage in marketplace gossip, utter banalities, or weave intrigues, challenging obvious truths.
By stating that “Russia came to the region, took Karabakh from our (Armenian) hands and returned it to Azerbaijan,” the relatively young A. Grigoryan inadvertently brings to mind the early 1990s when military events began unfolding. Yeltsin’s “democratic” column was sending one military-political landing after another to Armenia and Karabakh to expedite the occupation of Azerbaijani territories.
Political tricksters and swindlers rushed to implement their predatory plans, openly stating that their aim was to expand the anti-Azerbaijani front, both in political corridors and on the battlefield.
By the end of the first Karabakh war, A. Grigoryan was not even ten years old and could not remember the important features and details of that military campaign. However, he must have caught up later. It’s worth remembering how from 1991 to 1994, the Armenian army, treading on Azerbaijani lands, fought with international support. Pskov paratroopers, as detailed by the renowned Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov, and professional military personnel of Armenian nationality from the Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, and other post-Soviet and foreign armies, were involved.
Armenia fought against Azerbaijan with the help of virtually the entire world, a proven fact. And isn’t it because of this that Armenians today feel wronged by the whole world for not fighting for them in 2020? Hence their constant grumbling that alliances with Minsk, Tel Aviv, Moscow, and others are not working.
Azerbaijan, after both the first and second Karabakh wars, did not hold grudges against anyone, focusing its efforts on building a strong army to confront the aggressive occupier.
Therefore, Armen Grigoryan should not measure recent events with an Armenian yardstick and cast a shadow on Azerbaijan, implying it didn’t deserve victory.
“It happened when we were completely dependent on Russia. That was the reality. Russia took Karabakh; I affirm this. Without Russia’s permission, there would have been no war,” he said, showing the essence of the utterly banal and unprofessional judgments of a Security Council Secretary who always looks for external blame for his country’s defeat.
This is the intellectual feast presented by one of Pashinyan’s key figures, who would do well to remain silent rather than spout nonsense. He and those like him, ignorant and accidental fellow travelers in big politics, surely don’t know that for intelligent people, patience is the foundation of wisdom.
Even after setbacks, they always gather their thoughts to develop a viable plan to overcome a crucial problem. This is what Azerbaijan did, but it proved too heavy a burden for the Armenians, who for nearly three decades boasted not of their own but of a collective victory over Azerbaijan.
Armenia and Armenians endured the nightmares of autumn 2020 and September 2023, when Baku thoroughly cleansed its ancestral lands of separatist and other scum. Yet, nothing has changed in them, not even a wake-up effect. It’s a pity, as if they had come to their senses, they might not be acting in the absurd manner they are now, with increasingly frequent mental breakdowns.
In his attempt to be original, Armen Grigoryan racks his brain in search of an answer to the crucial question: “What did Russia receive in return from Azerbaijan?” He meaningfully suggests, “We should ask Russia about this.”
Obsessive thoughts and ideas often plague unbalanced and mentally unstable people, regardless of their profession or field of activity. Often, internal tension reflects in cognitive decline, which is what the Armenian Security Council Secretary is currently experiencing. He has the unpleasant fate of enduring a loss of mind and conscience.
Tofig Abbasov
