Comments on: Oh Dear… http://www.blogrel.com/2007/04/17/oh-dear/ A blog about Armenia: business, politics, the future and good lavash Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:10:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Nanul http://www.blogrel.com/2007/04/17/oh-dear/#comment-343510 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:55:38 -0700 http://www.blogrel.com/2007/04/17/oh-dear/#comment-343510 Oh Dear... those were my exact words when I read that quote:-) Oh Dear… those were my exact words when I read that quote:-)

]]> by: Paul http://www.blogrel.com/2007/04/17/oh-dear/#comment-343846 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:58:10 -0700 http://www.blogrel.com/2007/04/17/oh-dear/#comment-343846 Diaspora needs to wake up and start pressuring the motherland to reform itself. It has a lot of sway there, as the diaspora more than anything has been a lifeline for post-independent Armenia, saving it from what would have been an even more disasterous situation financially. Too often the diaspora, seeing as it loves Armenia and tries to promote it as much as they can, finds criticism as something which would do the opposite. They need to wake up and realize this is not about making Armenia look good or bad, but making it a better place, and if that means we need to criticize and pressure it (which it does), then that's what we need to do. Diaspora needs to wake up and start pressuring the motherland to reform itself. It has a lot of sway there, as the diaspora more than anything has been a lifeline for post-independent Armenia, saving it from what would have been an even more disasterous situation financially. Too often the diaspora, seeing as it loves Armenia and tries to promote it as much as they can, finds criticism as something which would do the opposite. They need to wake up and realize this is not about making Armenia look good or bad, but making it a better place, and if that means we need to criticize and pressure it (which it does), then that’s what we need to do.

]]> by: Patrik The great http://www.blogrel.com/2007/04/17/oh-dear/#comment-346794 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:46:53 -0700 http://www.blogrel.com/2007/04/17/oh-dear/#comment-346794 Can you put some of the election videos for the parliment election on youtube....im still waiting. Can you put some of the election videos for the parliment election on youtube….im still waiting.

]]> by: Melikyan http://www.blogrel.com/2007/04/17/oh-dear/#comment-347473 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:15:27 -0700 http://www.blogrel.com/2007/04/17/oh-dear/#comment-347473 The 90% and 10% are just a figure of speech. Mr. Tsurukyan is not very elaborate speaker (especially if we take in account that he was speaking in Russian). So he used numbers to express that Russia will remain Armenias strategic and geopolitical partner while it will still strive to maintain healthy relatioships with the West. Which is about right! Also we should take in account that Mr. Tsurukyan probably has a bit of an "Asian friendly mentality" so in his interview to Russian TV he is in 90% and 10% range...had it been US TV it could have been 50%/50%. I don't think situation is so grim and we can escape a "crunch point". Interesting type Mr. Tsurukyan - Armenian version of Hugo Chaves with George Bush's outlook. Of course, corrupt to the bone! The 90% and 10% are just a figure of speech.

Mr. Tsurukyan is not very elaborate speaker (especially if we take in account that he was speaking in Russian). So he used numbers to express that Russia will remain Armenias strategic and geopolitical partner while it will still strive to maintain healthy relatioships with the West. Which is about right!

Also we should take in account that Mr. Tsurukyan probably has a bit of an “Asian friendly mentality” so in his interview to Russian TV he is in 90% and 10% range…had it been US TV it could have been 50%/50%. I don’t think situation is so grim and we can escape a “crunch point”.

Interesting type Mr. Tsurukyan - Armenian version of Hugo Chaves with George Bush’s outlook. Of course, corrupt to the bone!

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