168: Pashinyan admitted that “what I did, I did it thoughtfully.” this is reported by han

Nikol Pashinyan’s statement last week in the National Assembly that “we made a conscious sacrifice in 2020, that’s why we gained statehood and independence as a result“, in fact, is a self-confessed testimony. Expressed this opinion 168 TVof Revue on the air of the program Vitaly Mangasaryan, head of “Henaket” analytical centerspeaking about the situation in the defense sector.

According to the military expert’s assessment, Nikol Pashinyan’s statements made on the same topic and before should have criminal legal consequences, because they actually report on a crime.

“The criminal law assessment is also important here, because in fact this is a report about a crime. He admits that “what I did, I did thoughtfully”. What happened to us was premeditated, for example, if “Iskander” “tracked by 10%”, it was also premeditated, Ashotik left, I don’t know what operations he took part in in Jabrail’s position, it was also premeditated,” Vitaly Mangasaryan commented.

He emphasizes that this means that from the beginning there was no problem that we should keep Artsakh at any cost or keep this or that position and territory.

“In his Facebook post published on the occasion of the Declaration of Independence Day, Nikol Pashinyan actually admitted that they thought about the defeat of 2020, because can you imagine if we had won or, in sports language, it would have been a draw, it turns out that we would have tightened that “leash” around our neck even more.

According to Nikol Pashinyan’s logic, “we are lucky that we lost”. What happens? Let’s go back to 2020 for a moment. If, during the war, Nikol Pashinyan said: “Whoever has a helmet or a bulletproof vest at home, choose a commander from among you and go to the front”, does it mean that he deliberately sent us all to the front so that the number of victims would be large, so that he could terrorize our society due to the large number of victims, so that he could easily get rid of this “rope”? That logic works.

I proceed from the assumption that Nikol Pashinyan had initially set himself the task of getting rid of that “leash” in 2018 and was thinking of such a plan: “so how do we get rid of that leash?” Let’s say, 4-5 people get together, they think day and night: for example, what can be done, can we declare that Artsakh is Armenia, and that’s it, we will annoy the leaders of the co-chairing states of the OSCE Minsk Group a little, Azerbaijan will also be annoyed, they have taken weapons, the probability of Azerbaijan’s attack will increase, we will also make an imitation. By the way, I have talked about this on different occasions, that in 2020 we pretended that we want to keep Artsakh, that is, the leadership did not set before itself the task of keeping Artsakh, but pretended that it was trying to win the war, and now Nikol Pashinyan confirms it with his mouth, saying that if we had not lost, it would have happened to us. And that implies criminal consequences,” says Vitali Mangasaryan.

The military expert raises the question: the authorities of the day “praise themselves” so much that they bought billions of weapons, increase defense capabilities, what is all this for, if if they are not re-elected, not only will there be a “disastrous war”, but we will also lose something else.

The interlocutor of “Review” emphasizes that, in general, the country’s defense capabilities are being increased and strengthened in order to protect the borders of the state, our homeland and our homes in case of danger.

“Now if we increase our capabilities and the next step is to say that if we are not elected, there will be a war, and not only that, there will be a war, and one more thing, we will lose in that war. In that case, the question arises: why are we bragging so much, saying: we got this, we showed this, we are going to present a report to the public, what are we doing all this for? If they brag for 4 or 5 years that we spent a lot of money, bought billions worth of weapons, and at the end they stop and say that there will be a war and we will all go to war, maybe it would be better not to do all that? The state should create an institutional system. It turns out that if this person is not there, the next leader comes, some situations arise, do we have to lose? As they say, “where is the logic?” What do we want to do, what problem do we want to solve in this case?”

Mangasaryan reminds Pashinyan’s statements made at the time, for example, that “in the created geopolitical realities, even the leaders of the superpowers do not know what will happen tomorrow”, or another statement made during one of the Government meetings, that “we have been in the same class for 7 years”.

“It turns out that only one or two years have passed, the leaders of the superpowers remain in ignorance and uncertainty as before, but the military-political leadership of Armenia is able to generate such a vision and put it on “institutional foundations” that it can be evaluated in that perspective? This is in the event that the same Nikol Pashinyan announced.

“We have been in the same class for 7 years and we are all ignorant, starting with me.” He was speaking at the government session. He says that we have been in the same class for 7 years. It turns out that this group is able to solve a very difficult military-political problem, and those scientists, people who have achieved serious success in this or that field, will not be able to solve that problem, but the team led by Nikol Pashinyan is able to solve that difficult problem. Here too we see a logical break. Where is that justification, especially since we have seen the disastrous path we have taken in the last 8 years?

«Suppose, God forbid, there is a war, and who said that we will necessarily lose? In other words, from Himikvan, we tell our society that the Indian weapons, the bunkers shown by the Ministry of Defense from morning to night from different angles: from above, from the side, from the middle, the announcements to buy billions of weapons – all this aside, but since there was a war, are we necessarily going to lose? In other words, on the one hand, we say that we are going for peace, on the other hand, we say that we are buying 5-6 billion worth of weapons, but one thing is that, if there is a war, it will end badly. In other words, thinking from the beginning that you will lose, and from the beginning thinking that you will not be able to do anything, it does not fit into any logic.Vitaly Mangasaryan added.

In this context, the military expert warns and reminds that no major military exercises have been held in the RA Armed Forces since 2020.

“Do we become stronger by playing on people’s weak nerves? We will become even stronger when people participate in mass military exercises and see with their own eyes how different scenarios are played out. From 2020 until now, we have not conducted military exercises, we have only conducted military exercises with a small group of peacekeepers, and after that we announce that you know what, we have bought billions of weapons, we have made reforms, but none of us knows on the visible ground how we will use these weapons in this or that situation, who will use them, let’s say I am the commander of the military equipment calculation, if something happens to me, who will replace me.

All this should be played out in the form of military games and appropriate events, and if they just bring, wipe the dust, show them, bring people, take pictures with weapons, we have also seen those stories, how they ended, in particular, in 2019, when “Su-30” and “Osa-AK” were brought, dusted, everyone took pictures with them, in the end it turned out that there is neither normal ammunition for them, nor a pilot. Now we hold 25-day gatherings, but with them we mainly solve the problem of ensuring the number of people of position guards. No one goes and goes through an appropriate educational cycle on that Indian, French or other country’s weapon, so that we can use it effectively when needed.”

Speaking about the risks arising from the war against Iran that has been going on for more than a month, Vitali Mangasaryan raised the question: what scenarios does the Armenian defense and security system consider regarding the effects and risks of this war, for example, what will happen if Azerbaijan gets involved in the war with all the consequences arising from it, or, for example, carries out provocation in the territory of Armenia and declares that the attack was from Iran?

“At this stage, we are simulating arming. It can’t have any significance if you don’t train, you don’t hold military exercises,” added the expert.

Full interview in the video.

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