{"id":33729,"date":"2018-04-25T09:40:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T14:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33729"},"modified":"2018-04-30T05:38:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T10:38:17","slug":"armenia-heats-up-as-the-proxy-war-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33729","title":{"rendered":"Armenia Heats Up as the Proxy War\u00a0Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomluongo.me\/2018\/04\/23\/armenia-heats-up-as-the-proxy-war-continues\/\">Armenia Heats Up as the Proxy War\u00a0Continues<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Armenia is an important part Russia\u2019s long-term plans.\u00a0 A member of the Eurasian Economic Union Armenia is key to protecting Russia\u2019s southern flank.<\/p>\n<p>So, I was not shocked back in 2016 when the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh was activated by the U.S. <a href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicynews.org\/2016\/04\/01\/john-kerry-commends-azerbaijan-for-its-strategic-role-in-the-region\/\">after a brief visit by then Secretary of State John Kerry<\/a> as punishment for Russia\u2019s intervention into Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Nagorno-Karabakh had been peaceful for more than twenty years before Kerry\u2019s visit.\u00a0 And within days, fighting broke out on the Azeri side of the region which lies between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>So, color me not shocked that as the Neoconservatives take control of the Trump White House that they activate a color revolution in Armenia while simultaneously pushing Russia in Ukraine, Syria, the U.K., the financial markets and seemingly everywhere else at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-04-23\/western-backed-regime-change-looms-armenia-pm-resigns-following-mass-protests\">The story at Zerohedge <\/a>this morning gives us the political picture, former president Serzh Sargsyan, was elected as Prime Minister creating the facade of a transfer of power.\u00a0 This sparked protests which grew to a point where Sargsyan had to resign.<\/p>\n<p>Color Revolutions created by western NGOs stoke mild opposition to a sitting government and turns it into a lynch mob by escalating the violence in the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Why would Armenians now begin trashing Turkish stores in Aleppo (that\u2019s right in Syria) over an internal Armenian political matter?<\/p>\n<p>Because it\u2019ll give Turkish President Erdogan an excuse to finish the Armenian genocide (which Erdogan and Israel refuse to acknowledge happened) his predecessors started a hundred years ago.<\/p>\n<p>And the hope is that this provocation will drive a wedge between Turkey and Russia at a time when everyone\u2019s nerves are frayed to the point of breaking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-04-20\/turkey-will-repatriate-all-gold-us-attempt-ditch-dollar\">Turkey announces over the weekend <\/a>it is repatriating all of its gold from the Federal Reserve vaults in New York.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armenia Heats Up as the Proxy War\u00a0Continues Armenia is an important part Russia\u2019s long-term plans.\u00a0 A member of the Eurasian Economic Union Armenia is key to protecting Russia\u2019s southern flank. 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