Should we know why we lost the 44-Day War? Or should we allow critical findings to be buried in the “SECRET” archives of Armenia’s National Assembly?
During a speech to the British parliament in 1948, Sir Winston Churchill paraphrased a statement made by Spanish philosopher George Santayana, and emphasized to his audience the fact that "Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
It seems that Civil Contract Party MPs, study history not to understand and avoid critical mistakes that claimed the lives of 5,000 brave Armenian soldiers in 2020, but to absolve the architect of the “Engineered Defeat”-Nikol Pashinyan from any responsibility by burying secret documents in the archives of Armenia’s National Assembly (NA). Armenia’s parliamentarians do not feel the need to learn anything from history, and honestly do not give a hoot if the political leadership of Armenia repeats the same mistakes of 2020, and another 10,000 lives are lost in the future upheavals that will shake the South Caucasus if Iran emerges triumphant from the “War of Choice” launched by Israel and America in February 2026.
On September 11, 2026 Hayastan faction member and Armenian Revolutionary Federation politician Gegham Manukyan expressed the concerns that;
- Armenia’s National Assembly’s fact-finding commission investigating the circumstances of the 44-Day War reviewed and assessed scandalous details centering on Pashinyan’s approval to purchase “scrap metal” for the Armenian Army, and wage a war with obsolete and ineffective weapons that should have never reached the arsenals of The Armenian Armed Forces, but should should have been dumped in a metal scrapyard where the military hardware could have been dismantled and recycled into copper, iron, aluminum, etc…
- “The report of the National Assembly Inquiry Commission (NAIC) investigating the circumstances of the 44-day war has been sent to the National Assembly archive’s classified section and is not publicly available. “ MPs interested in consulting the conclusions shaped by NAIC must obtain a “Special Security Clearance” to access the findings and conclusions of NAIC.
It seems that an overwhelming number of Armenians are not aware about the "Open Secret" that PM Pashinyan did purchase from The Hashemite Kingdom-Jordan back in 2019 obsolete weapons that provided a significant advantage to the enemy, instead of increasing the chances of battlefield success of The Armenian Army and the volunteers dispatched to Artsakh.
Back in January 2021, well before any measure was taken by Armenia’s National Assembly (NA) to study the circumstances that paved the way for the “Engineered Defeat” of the 44-Day War, I published based on Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) an article titled
“PM Pashinyan Is Fully Responsible For Fighting A War With Obsolete Weapons” and conveyed to readers minute details about the “Scrap Metal” scandal that reached Armenian political forums in 2026.
I emphasized also in multiple articles the point that NAIC’s efforts are nothing but a theatrical parody that will focus the bulk of its activities on whitewashing Pashinyan’s tragic moves and deliberate focus to generate a “Defeat” that casually sacrificed 5.000 Armenian brave soldiers. In a Not-So-Secret deliberations The Commission's agenda conveniently rejected to address the following critical questions:
1) Why did the Prime Minister of Armenia decide to go to war when he had several months to pursue an aggressive diplomatic campaign to avoid the war?
According to Col. Gen. Onik Gasparyan, he officially assumed his responsibilities as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia on June 8, 2020. On June 12, he exposed Prime Minister Pashinyan to the military-political landscape dominated by the treacherous Turkish presence 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 the 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 or at least postpone 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 Russian Foreign Minister to The Armenian Government on multiple occasions since 2016.
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 government is clearly told that it cannot win a war, why did it, for petty political scores designed to insure its own stay in power, ignore the advice of the military leadership and why did it steer the country to a painful capitulation?
2) 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 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 reservists to Artsakh be halted and replaced with only volunteer detachments.”
3) Pashinyan had two opportunities to stop the War in October 2020. He Decided To Hemorrhage His Army. Why?
4) Why did he refuse to accept the help of foreign Armenian volunteers? In Greece alone approximately 800 volunteers contacted the Armenian Embassy in Athens expressing their readiness to help The Armed Forces of Armenia. They were all turned down despite having acquired very valuable experience with The Greek Special Forces or other specialized units including “Behind Enemy Line Operations.”
5) 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.
6) Why did Pashinyan knowingly buy obsolete weapons that cannot protect Artsakh’s airspace, thus rendering the ground forces extremely vulnerable to Turkish and Azerbaijani UAV strikes?
7) Why did Pashinyan stop the counter offensive attack 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?
Several high ranking military figures, including Colonel Artsrun Hovhannisyan, returned to Yerevan from the front lines of Artsakh on Nov.06/20 convinced that there is no shortage of military hardware, and an adequate number of fighting personnel is well prepared to launch a counter offensive to return Shushi to the full control of The Armenian Army.
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 failed reintegration into the workforce of Armenia.
As long as the previous questions are not answered by Pashinyan, any attempt to discover the truth, will remain a travesty of the justice we owe to all the brave souls who hugged martyrdom on the battlefield of Artsakh to keep the shadow of a Petro-Dictator Aliyev away from Stepanakert, and defend the survival of a nation.
Long time ago Armenian academics labeled Pashinyan as:
“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.
https://artsakhtheinadequateresponse.blogspot.com/2023/05/is-treachery-dominant-trait-of.html
Արդյո՞ք դավաճանությունը Փաշինյան ընտանիքի գերիշխող հատկանիշն է
https://artsakhtheinadequateresponse.blogspot.com/2024/09/blog-post.html
The conclusion of the Armenian academics is still valid today despite the fact that he won the elections of June 2026 under very questionable circumstances. And tragically, the challenges of the next war will claim a very high number of casualties simply because the lessons of history are mere nuisances for a Prime Minister ready and willing to behave like a mercenary strongly predisposed to salute the flag of the highest bidder for his services.
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