Human life and freedom are the most precious and important things in the world, for which it is possible to pay any price. In this regard, the return of our 15 POWs to the homeland should be unconditionally welcomed and rejoiced together with the families of those boys. I do not particularly like the discussion about “hero/non-hero.” It is easy to make such judgments sitting in front of a computer. Of course, there was a deal, and you should not be afraid of that word. The Baku court, of course, is not independent and could have sentenced our boys to 6 months, 6 years, or 60 years. It’s all the same; they would have been illegal decisions. The agreement was probably to give the prisoners of war a period in which they could return home in exchange for which the Azerbaijani side would be provided with maps of the minefields in the Fizuli and Zangelan regions. As I am not obliged to write negative things to the authorities in all cases, I will express my opinion. It was worth returning the prisoners of war at that price.
The subject of criticism should not be the deal, but the fact that our soldiers were taken prisoner. Who sent them to Khtsaberd and Hin Tagher settlements of Artsakh after November 10th? After sending them there, why did no one take care of them or those settlements? How did it happen that those settlements fell into the hands of the enemy after the ceasefire and the designation of the border? And, by the way, are the rumors circulating about how during the 44-Day War, there were also cases when soldiers were taken to the trenches and neglected true?
Of course, it would have been ideal for the state to have established an authorized commission to provide the answers to all those questions. But the reality is very far from what is ideal. If such a commission is created in the new parliament or anywhere else, it would not be a state commission, but a government commission and its conclusion is known in advance. Onik Gasparyan, Levon Mnatsakanyan, Movses Hakobyan, Seyran Ohanyan are to blame for everything, and Arman Tatoyan and the Mother See are to blame for a little bit; that is, everyone is to blame except Nikol Pashinyan. No commission should be set up to reach such a conclusion. If the problem is to know the truth, then it will be carefully concealed during this administration, but the next government will not make any effort to learn the truth, and it will be guided by its political agenda. If the task is to learn the truth, then it will be carefully concealed, but the next government will not make any effort for the truth and will be guided by its political agenda. And if the problem today is to influence public opinion, then the majority of citizens are already convinced that diplomats and generals have deceived and betrayed “poor Nikol,” and they should be punished for it. No additional campaign effort is needed.
But when will we find out the truth behind our defeat? Only when today’s players from different camps leave the arena. According to my calculations, that will be in 20-30 years.
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Aram Abrahamyan
