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INFORMATION WARFARE REQUIRES CONSTANT ATTACKS
Anahit Yesayan
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
Published on July 10, 2008
Armenia
"Protecting oneself in the information warfare is already a defeat. No
protection is allowed in this war; it is necessary to launch attacks
all the time. The party which protects itself is defeated by 90
percent," HAYK DEMOYAN, Head of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
is convinced.
"From the very first day of its formation, the Third Republic of
Armenia announced on the level of the country's top figures that it is
ready to establish good-neighborly relations with Turkey. Moreover,
our country did not set any preconditions for establishing such
relations. In contrast to this, the Turkish side has always advanced
preconditions for establishing and regulating the diplomatic relations
with the Republic of Armenia.
The first and principal precondition advanced by the Turkish side
has a direct bearing on the Armenia-NKR-Azerbaijan relations. This
is simply unacceptable in the present-day international relations. It
is unacceptable because conducting foreign policy against the ethnic
background and establishing relations with a third country does
not absolutely correspond to the spirit of international relations
and international law. Let alone the fact of keeping the border
closed. Closing the border with any state is equivalent to a step
preceding the act of declaring war.
=0 A At present, Turkey certainly enjoys its strategic position and
the status of being a superpower in the region, thus trying to achieve
the desired result by way of using pressures against Armenia. And
what's more, it is doing so considering not only its own interests
but also the interests of Azerbaijan, an ally country with which it
has ethnic commonalities.
That's to say, by way of exerting pressure upon Armenia, Turkey
is trying to achieve two results: first for Turkey and then for
Azerbaijan.
In this respect, Armenia seems to be in an advantageous position
because we do not advance any precondition, expressing willingness
to establish all kinds of relations and negotiate around any
issue. However, considering the juncture of international relations, we
can say that the proposals of the Armenian side, which seem pragmatic
at first sight, do not always receive a positive response."
"In this context, how would you comment upon the President's most
recent statement made in Moscow?"
"I believe many people have not read the text of the statement
and interpret it in their own way. This is very regrettable. The
President announced that we are ready to discuss any fact with the
neighboring state.
The discussion of any fact does not yet mean that the historical
fact of the Genocide is going to be discussed even if they set up a
committee. The fact itself is a fact whi ch has been proven.
I don't think the country's leader had such intention, as many people
would desire. And it is very regrettable that guided by the mentality
of kicking the ball into our goal we are trying to rejoice, without
ever thinking of doing the contrary."
"By making a proposal to set up a committee, Turkey is trying to make
an impression on the European structures that it is going to initiate
a joint discussion and propose a dialogue etc. What is Armenia's
attitude in this context?"
"My first response was the following: it is necessary to carry out
activities based purely on information technologies and the methodology
of work. We leave aside all the emotive expressions saying this
country recognized the Genocide and the other called the fact into
question. Thus, we fall into a trap. It is the right time for us to
have professionals specialized in setting such traps.
This is called information warfare in which the weapon of the soldiers
is quite different and the military operations are carried out by the
use of quite different methods. It is necessary to establish this
kind of school, and it is commendable that in his meeting with the
officials of the National Security Service, the President struck the
direct nerve, stressing the importance of being the first to launch
attack in the information warfare with the neighboring state.
By the way, t he statement of the Armenian President was followed by
Mr. Aliev's meeting with his country's ambassadors who were given an
instruction to undertake offensive steps.
If the Turkish side undertakes the initiative by making proposals
constantly, the Armenian side may, in turn, initiate such proposals
too, previously having a good idea about the further steps.
In particular, the Armenian party may launch the attack by advancing
three initial arguments. First, we have hundred and thousand proofs
(by the way, not of Armenian origin) that confirm the fact of the
Genocide in a direct and indirect manner.
The second most important argument is that the Armenian Genocide
has now gained an international recognition. It is recognized by
countries, authoritative international organizations, highly-reputable
professionals specialized in Genocide studies and the International
Association of Genocide Studies, involving almost all the Genocide
study specialists of the world.
The third argument is that Turkey's denial policy is currently in a
state of fiasco, i.e. it is totally crushed."
To be continued
Anahit Yesayan
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
Published on July 10, 2008
Armenia
"Protecting oneself in the information warfare is already a defeat. No
protection is allowed in this war; it is necessary to launch attacks
all the time. The party which protects itself is defeated by 90
percent," HAYK DEMOYAN, Head of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
is convinced.
"From the very first day of its formation, the Third Republic of
Armenia announced on the level of the country's top figures that it is
ready to establish good-neighborly relations with Turkey. Moreover,
our country did not set any preconditions for establishing such
relations. In contrast to this, the Turkish side has always advanced
preconditions for establishing and regulating the diplomatic relations
with the Republic of Armenia.
The first and principal precondition advanced by the Turkish side
has a direct bearing on the Armenia-NKR-Azerbaijan relations. This
is simply unacceptable in the present-day international relations. It
is unacceptable because conducting foreign policy against the ethnic
background and establishing relations with a third country does
not absolutely correspond to the spirit of international relations
and international law. Let alone the fact of keeping the border
closed. Closing the border with any state is equivalent to a step
preceding the act of declaring war.
=0 A At present, Turkey certainly enjoys its strategic position and
the status of being a superpower in the region, thus trying to achieve
the desired result by way of using pressures against Armenia. And
what's more, it is doing so considering not only its own interests
but also the interests of Azerbaijan, an ally country with which it
has ethnic commonalities.
That's to say, by way of exerting pressure upon Armenia, Turkey
is trying to achieve two results: first for Turkey and then for
Azerbaijan.
In this respect, Armenia seems to be in an advantageous position
because we do not advance any precondition, expressing willingness
to establish all kinds of relations and negotiate around any
issue. However, considering the juncture of international relations, we
can say that the proposals of the Armenian side, which seem pragmatic
at first sight, do not always receive a positive response."
"In this context, how would you comment upon the President's most
recent statement made in Moscow?"
"I believe many people have not read the text of the statement
and interpret it in their own way. This is very regrettable. The
President announced that we are ready to discuss any fact with the
neighboring state.
The discussion of any fact does not yet mean that the historical
fact of the Genocide is going to be discussed even if they set up a
committee. The fact itself is a fact whi ch has been proven.
I don't think the country's leader had such intention, as many people
would desire. And it is very regrettable that guided by the mentality
of kicking the ball into our goal we are trying to rejoice, without
ever thinking of doing the contrary."
"By making a proposal to set up a committee, Turkey is trying to make
an impression on the European structures that it is going to initiate
a joint discussion and propose a dialogue etc. What is Armenia's
attitude in this context?"
"My first response was the following: it is necessary to carry out
activities based purely on information technologies and the methodology
of work. We leave aside all the emotive expressions saying this
country recognized the Genocide and the other called the fact into
question. Thus, we fall into a trap. It is the right time for us to
have professionals specialized in setting such traps.
This is called information warfare in which the weapon of the soldiers
is quite different and the military operations are carried out by the
use of quite different methods. It is necessary to establish this
kind of school, and it is commendable that in his meeting with the
officials of the National Security Service, the President struck the
direct nerve, stressing the importance of being the first to launch
attack in the information warfare with the neighboring state.
By the way, t he statement of the Armenian President was followed by
Mr. Aliev's meeting with his country's ambassadors who were given an
instruction to undertake offensive steps.
If the Turkish side undertakes the initiative by making proposals
constantly, the Armenian side may, in turn, initiate such proposals
too, previously having a good idea about the further steps.
In particular, the Armenian party may launch the attack by advancing
three initial arguments. First, we have hundred and thousand proofs
(by the way, not of Armenian origin) that confirm the fact of the
Genocide in a direct and indirect manner.
The second most important argument is that the Armenian Genocide
has now gained an international recognition. It is recognized by
countries, authoritative international organizations, highly-reputable
professionals specialized in Genocide studies and the International
Association of Genocide Studies, involving almost all the Genocide
study specialists of the world.
The third argument is that Turkey's denial policy is currently in a
state of fiasco, i.e. it is totally crushed."
To be continued