The Contrast of 'Ararat vs. Aragats' is the Same as Pitting the Existing Against the Lost: Ashotyan

Political prisoner Armen Ashotyan has shared excerpts from his series of articles, stating that the artificial and dangerous contrast of 'Ararat vs. Aragats' is akin to pitting the existing against the lost. He argues that this is blatantly immoral, as both belong to you—how can you forget your captive eldest son, abandon him, or take his photo off the wall and justify it by claiming to love the younger one?

It is indeed possible and essential to love one and not forget the other, for both are yours. It is well-known that wars shape nations out of peoples. This was the case for us after the victorious conclusion of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. However, the opposite is also true: wars can destroy nations, and after the tragic end of the 44-day war, the Armenian nation became a people once again.

Since then, the ongoing creeping war against us, Nikol's reproduction, and the loss of Artsakh have further downgraded us on the ethnic scale of the population. All of Pashinyan's efforts aim to suppress us as an ethnic group at this level, preventing the revival of a higher identity level.

Why, some might ask, what is the purpose of this? The answer is on the surface. Samuel Huntington had already pointed out that national interests stem from national identity; the lower our identity level, the more primitive our interests, aspirations, and objectives become, making it easier and cheaper for him to sell us on the global geopolitical market.

As a result, we find ourselves in a situation where the same person, who became the Prime Minister of the Armenian nation with joy in 2018, in five years has brought that very nation to a lower level of population and, instead of leaving, attempts to change the ‘self’ of an ethnos with a 4,500-year history. This monstrous operation is not yet complete, and the victim still has a chance for salvation and punishing the renegade.

It would be a global tragedy if changing the nation’s 'codes' were easier than changing Pashinyan. Comparing him to Judas in treachery and to Herostratus in his unhealthy quest for fame, Nikol has long been hopeless. But what about the Armenian people?

Ashotyan has written.