Opinion: Jerusalem Post
Why did Armenia lose the April War?
The war demonstrated to the whole world the overwhelming military superiority of Azerbaijan over Armenia. Armenia’s losses exceeded 200 people killed and more than 500 wounded; Azerbaijan lost 31.
By SEYMUR MAMMADOV
April 2, 2018 21:27
3 minute read.
A TANK from Azerbaijan drives on a street
A TANK from Azerbaijan drives on a street. (photo credit: REUTERS)
The April War once again clearly proved that Azerbaijan has not reconciled and will never reconcile itself to the loss of its occupied territories, and that Baku does not accept the official status quo around Nagorno-Karabakh.
During four April days in 2016, Armenia launched the same aggressive actions and barbarities against Azerbaijan as it had for almost four years in the early 1990s, when it seized Azerbaijani territories by force – Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. From second to fifth of April 2016, the Armenian armed forces fought actively, firing upon the positions and populated parts of Azerbaijan, especially along the entire border line, with rockets and artillery, armored vehicles and aircraft. As a result of the counteroffensive, Azerbaijan managed to disrupt the enemy’s plans and free some of its lands.
Unlike in the 1990s, 2016 was a most unfortunate year for Armenia, and I am sure this event will be remembered for a long time as the great failure in the foreign policy of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.
Read more at: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Why-did-Armenia-lose-the-April-War-547746
Why would the Jerusalem Post (the article gets worse towards the end) publish such an article? Aizerbaijan is a Muslim-majority country though, maybe somewhat secularized out of the old Soviet Union. I've heard Armenians were persecuted (or worse) there back in the '90s when the USSR broke up. Usually, news sources that publish some opinion piece from a non-ordinary source, will have a disclaimer saying "these views do not necessarily reflect the views of this newspaper".
