Is PM Pashinyan Fit To Be A Leader?
A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. [Golda Meir]
Applied to the realities that shaped the conduct of PM Pashinyan prior, during, and after the 44-Day War, we can confidently say that he is not fit to be a leader because without hesitation, in a very casual manner, he sent 5,000 brave soldiers to a guaranteed death that was the end result of an “Engineered Defeat” he masterminded and implemented.
Prior to the war, according to Col. Gen. Onik Gasparyan,
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia on June 12, 2020 he exposed Prime Minister Pashinyan to the military-political landscape dominated by the treacherous Turkish presence in the South Caucasus, and the close bonds forged between The Turkish Armed Forces and The Azerbaijani Army. His encounter with PM Pashinyan addressed also the state of readiness of The Armenian Defense Forces to confront the mushrooming threat and defend the fatherland including Artsakh. The same details were reiterated to the members of Armenia’s Security Council a few days later.
To all concerned parties Col. Gen. Gasparyan clearly pointed out that our opponent is no longer only Azerbaijan, but also Turkey. Therefore, Armenia cannot effectively confront the joint military potential of these states, and it is necessary to direct all the political and diplomatic potential to avoid the war.
Why did the Government of Armenia, under Pashinyan’s leadership reject the advices of Col. Gen. Gasparyan to avoid the war by relying on the “Lavrov Plan” that was strongly recommended by the Minsk Group to The Armenian Government on multiple occasions since 2018.
Yes the “Lavrov Plan” involved sacrifices requiring the return of the seven Azerbaijani districts used as a “Buffer Zone” by Armenia. So what? The war our soldiers heroically waged against Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Israel, and Islamist Mercenaries from Syria for six weeks extracted a much harsher price tag, the most excruciating portion of it was the loss of 5,000 Armenian soldiers who valiantly sacrificed their lives to protect the dignity of the fatherland and Artsakh.
If a leader like Pashinyan is clearly told that he cannot win a war, why did he, for petty political scores designed to guarantee his own stay in power, ignore the advice of the military leadership and why did he steer the country to a painful capitulation?
With the start of Azerbaijan’s military campaign on Sept. 27, 2020 the Armenian Army had a plan to mobilize to “Full Capacity” The Armed Forces of Armenia and Artsakh. Pashinyan refused to issue the proper orders for a “Full Capacity General Mobilization”.
According to Colonel General Movses Hakobyan of the Military Supervision Service, Pashinyan made minimal efforts in what was supposed to be an existential war for the survival of Artsakh and Armenia. “He revealed that by October 30, more than a month after the war began, that only 70% of Artsakh’s forces and 52% of the reservists in Armenia had been mobilized. According to him, Armenia’s military doctrine determines that near full mobilization should be achieved within 48 hours of a war beginning. He also said that on the third day of the war Pashinyan had ordered the supply of regular Armenian reservist to Artsakh be halted and replaced with only volunteer detachments.” More Armenian lives were lost because Pashinyan was not interested in saving Artsakh’s destiny, no matter how many soldiers lost their lives because of his tragic miscalculations.
https://hetq.am/en/article/124505
When Putin gave Pashinyan an opportunity to stop the war on October 5, 2020 Pashinyan dismissed Putin’s offer because he was allegedly winning the war. On October 16, 2020 Putin gave Pashinyan a second opportunity to stop the war. Again Pashinyan declined Putin’s offer motivated by the self-inflicted delusion that he is winning the war. Thousands of lives would have been spared from guaranteed death had Nikol accepted Putin’s mediation to stop the war on the first week of October 2020.
When India expressed a readiness to supply military hardware to neutralize Pakistan’s extensive help provided to the Azeri Army, Pashinyan lied to the Indian government that he is winning the war, and he does not need any help. More Armenian soldiers lost their lives because Pashinyan refused any foreign help.
Pashinyan stopped the counter offensive strike launched by the Armenian Army on Nov. 08, 2020 to liberate Shushi from the Azerbaijani forces, when the Army was very close to achieving a victory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abZFE3qnCyM
The Armenian counter offensive was launched on Nov. 08/20. It was going extremely well despite the heavy odds stacked against the Armenian Army. A major political interference from The Office of The Prime Minister of Armenia stopped the Armenian offensive, and the trilateral capitulation treaty was signed on Nov.09/20. More than 5,000 soldiers sacrificed their lives in The Second Artsakh War. More than 10,000 brave souls lost limbs and were so badly maimed that they were unable to return to the Armenian workforce after the Army was demobilized.
It will be a gross travesty of justice and a betrayal of the memory of 5,000 brave souls who hugged martyrdom on the battlefield of Artsakh, if we allow a leader like Pashinyan to win the elections of 2026. He is not fit to be a leader. After all, he proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he is the
“Loyal servant of the interests of Ankara and Baku, and also the humble enabler of “The Greater Turan” dream (Pan-Turkism)."
Անկարայի և Բաքվի շահերի հավատարիմ ծառան, ինչպես նաև «Մեծ Թուրան» երազանքի (պանթուրքիզմ) համեստ քարոզիչը.
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Արդյո՞ք դավաճանությունը Փաշինյան ընտանիքի գերիշխող հատկանիշն է
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