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DECEPTION WITH SELF-DECEPTION
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1095: deception-with-self-deception&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
Tuesday, 09 July 2013 17:14
We have repeatedly written that desiring to present the Nagorno
KarabakhRepublic as an uncontrolled zone, where different illegal
actions are allegedly taken,Azerbaijan uses any means and international
platforms. For many years, officialBaku has attempted to convince
the international community of NKR's involvement in international
terrorism, to accuse the Republic of illegal disposal of nuclear wastes
in the territories under its control, endangering the environment of
the entire region, of the production and distribution of drugs, etc.
I must say, the Baku authorities launch annually the same propaganda
cliches, which, to their great regret, do not bring the expected
political dividends.
Perhaps any other country would have long given up this disinformation
venture because of its absolute absurdity and consequent futility. It
would take place in any other country, but not in Azerbaijan where
the discredit of the NKR is a priority direction of its foreign
policy. That is why, despite the futility of its attempts, because
the accusations have never (!!!) been supported by any reliable
fact, Azerbaijan continues to pile up, with enviable tenacity and
stubbornness, one lie after another.
Last week, another lunge towards Nagorno Karabakh was made by
Director of the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) under the
President of Azerbaijan Farhad Mammadov. Delivering a speech at a CSS
conference in London entitled "Expansion of the Political Agenda:
the British-Azerbaijani Relations in the European Context", this
gentleman saddled the favorite propaganda horse of the Azerbaijani
ideologists and stated that the territory of Nagorno Karabakh was used
for drug trafficking, illicit trafficking of small- and large-caliber
arms and it had become neither more nor less than... a center of
terrorist activities. We do not undertake to judge how these truly
ridiculous accusations helped "expand the political agenda" of the
British-Azerbaijani relations, especially in the European context.
Let's leave the assessment of the prospects of these relations for
the British themselves, and we should rather refer to another, purely
Karabakh context
As noted above, in the information war with the Armenian side,
Azerbaijan has used the topic of drug trafficking and terrorism
for years, regaling the international community with new and new
portions of fabrication. Moreover, as also noted, none of these and
similar accusations has been confirmed by any fact on the ordinary
reason that they are simply lacking. In other words, the Azerbaijani
authorities, for which lie has become an integral part of the domestic
and foreign policy, continue to deceive impudently the international
structures. Alas, it will continue until these structures allow to
deceive them. Or, are they acting as Pushkin wrote: "I am glad to
be deceived?"
This question is not rhetorical at all. We do not know what the format
of the noted conference in London was, but we can suppose with a
high degree of probability that it was attended by serious political
analysts and experts who were used to operate with reliable facts
and figures. So, didn't any of them doubt the words of Mammadov and
require to present convincing evidence of the accusations pressed
against the NKR? After all, the very status of the director of
the Center for Strategic Studies, especially under the President of
Azerbaijan, supposes a high degree of solidity of both the person and
the seriousness of his expressions. Has the British expert community
lost its significance to the extent that is ready, without a moment's
hesitation, to swallow and believe the allegations of the Azerbaijani
authorities?
But, it is not so difficult to get to the truth, even in this huge
pack of lies. One can just get acquainted with the U.S.
State Department's annual reports on the strategic control over
international drug trafficking to make sure that the accusations
against Nagorno Karabakh are artificial. Moreover, in due time,
the UN Department of Drugs and Crimes also confirmed the lack of any
evidence of the use of the territory of Nagorno Karabakh for illegal
transit operations. In contrast, actually all the reports of the State
Department stress that Azerbaijan is an important channel for the
transit of drugs. And according to the UN World Drug Report for 2013,
Azerbaijan has the highest rate of injecting drug use in the world. As
for terrorism, it is Azerbaijan that was involved in it, as in the war
with Nagorno Karabakh it unleashed an open terror against the peaceful
Armenian population and involved over two thousand Afghan mercenaries
who were directly related to Al Qaeda international terrorist network.
But how long can it deceive self-respecting serious
organization? Perhaps, until these serious organizations become serious
not only in words, but also in deeds. And yet, unfortunately, they are
glad to be deceived. One can only guess: believing or, after all, not
believing the lie heaped by Azerbaijan? Though, what's the difference?
Leonid MARTIROSSIAN
Editor-in-Chief of Azat Artsakh newspaper
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1095: deception-with-self-deception&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
Tuesday, 09 July 2013 17:14
We have repeatedly written that desiring to present the Nagorno
KarabakhRepublic as an uncontrolled zone, where different illegal
actions are allegedly taken,Azerbaijan uses any means and international
platforms. For many years, officialBaku has attempted to convince
the international community of NKR's involvement in international
terrorism, to accuse the Republic of illegal disposal of nuclear wastes
in the territories under its control, endangering the environment of
the entire region, of the production and distribution of drugs, etc.
I must say, the Baku authorities launch annually the same propaganda
cliches, which, to their great regret, do not bring the expected
political dividends.
Perhaps any other country would have long given up this disinformation
venture because of its absolute absurdity and consequent futility. It
would take place in any other country, but not in Azerbaijan where
the discredit of the NKR is a priority direction of its foreign
policy. That is why, despite the futility of its attempts, because
the accusations have never (!!!) been supported by any reliable
fact, Azerbaijan continues to pile up, with enviable tenacity and
stubbornness, one lie after another.
Last week, another lunge towards Nagorno Karabakh was made by
Director of the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) under the
President of Azerbaijan Farhad Mammadov. Delivering a speech at a CSS
conference in London entitled "Expansion of the Political Agenda:
the British-Azerbaijani Relations in the European Context", this
gentleman saddled the favorite propaganda horse of the Azerbaijani
ideologists and stated that the territory of Nagorno Karabakh was used
for drug trafficking, illicit trafficking of small- and large-caliber
arms and it had become neither more nor less than... a center of
terrorist activities. We do not undertake to judge how these truly
ridiculous accusations helped "expand the political agenda" of the
British-Azerbaijani relations, especially in the European context.
Let's leave the assessment of the prospects of these relations for
the British themselves, and we should rather refer to another, purely
Karabakh context
As noted above, in the information war with the Armenian side,
Azerbaijan has used the topic of drug trafficking and terrorism
for years, regaling the international community with new and new
portions of fabrication. Moreover, as also noted, none of these and
similar accusations has been confirmed by any fact on the ordinary
reason that they are simply lacking. In other words, the Azerbaijani
authorities, for which lie has become an integral part of the domestic
and foreign policy, continue to deceive impudently the international
structures. Alas, it will continue until these structures allow to
deceive them. Or, are they acting as Pushkin wrote: "I am glad to
be deceived?"
This question is not rhetorical at all. We do not know what the format
of the noted conference in London was, but we can suppose with a
high degree of probability that it was attended by serious political
analysts and experts who were used to operate with reliable facts
and figures. So, didn't any of them doubt the words of Mammadov and
require to present convincing evidence of the accusations pressed
against the NKR? After all, the very status of the director of
the Center for Strategic Studies, especially under the President of
Azerbaijan, supposes a high degree of solidity of both the person and
the seriousness of his expressions. Has the British expert community
lost its significance to the extent that is ready, without a moment's
hesitation, to swallow and believe the allegations of the Azerbaijani
authorities?
But, it is not so difficult to get to the truth, even in this huge
pack of lies. One can just get acquainted with the U.S.
State Department's annual reports on the strategic control over
international drug trafficking to make sure that the accusations
against Nagorno Karabakh are artificial. Moreover, in due time,
the UN Department of Drugs and Crimes also confirmed the lack of any
evidence of the use of the territory of Nagorno Karabakh for illegal
transit operations. In contrast, actually all the reports of the State
Department stress that Azerbaijan is an important channel for the
transit of drugs. And according to the UN World Drug Report for 2013,
Azerbaijan has the highest rate of injecting drug use in the world. As
for terrorism, it is Azerbaijan that was involved in it, as in the war
with Nagorno Karabakh it unleashed an open terror against the peaceful
Armenian population and involved over two thousand Afghan mercenaries
who were directly related to Al Qaeda international terrorist network.
But how long can it deceive self-respecting serious
organization? Perhaps, until these serious organizations become serious
not only in words, but also in deeds. And yet, unfortunately, they are
glad to be deceived. One can only guess: believing or, after all, not
believing the lie heaped by Azerbaijan? Though, what's the difference?
Leonid MARTIROSSIAN
Editor-in-Chief of Azat Artsakh newspaper