During the past few years, we have seen some major turnarounds in foreign governments.   
They are finally coming around to accepting the 1915 Genocide of our people by the 
Ottoman Turks as a valid part of world history.  Thanks in large part to Vahakn Dadrian’s 
historical research efforts, followed by his published monumental documentations 
coupled with incontestable biography proving beyond all shadow of doubt the heinous 
massacres that the Ottoman Turks inflicted on our Armenian people starting in 1915, the 
world scholars are finally coming to terms in regard to this barbaric unresolved issue.  In 
fact, some of these world scholars are Turks.    Yes, the Wall of Science which the 
Turkish government has built and has been doggedly maintaining for the past 85 years is 
finally breaking down under its own corrupt weight.  And at what better time than now, 
when Armenia is an independent Republic -- that is, if the Republic of Armenia gets out 
of the throes of decline and on the road to progress.  


Today, while our Armenian Diaspora is struggling to bring the plight of our 1,500,000 
innocents who were martyred by the Ottomans between 1915-1923, to the attention of the 
entire world, we find our little Republic in  complete disarray-- not because of the illegal 
blockade that the Azeris and Turks have been imposing on Armenia, but because of what 
our immature and self-seeking leaders over there are doing to themselves.  Aside from 
wholesale corruption, assassinations, assassination attempts, poverty and mass migration, 
there is an ongoing tug-o-war in progress between political opportunists over there who 
place more importance on personal gain rather than on their nation and people’s welfare.  


In the past, we’ve attributed these weaknesses to the 70 or more years they survived under 
the godless Soviet rule which in part is true.  But, unfortunately, after their newly gained 
independence of nine years, instead of the flame of optimism getting brighter, it seems to 
be getting dimmer and dimmer.  And though it would probably take another generation or 
more before Armenia reaches normalcy, time is not on their side.  Aside from the Azeris 
and Turks who would like to see Armenia shrivel up and die, there are also the 
professional Istanbul lobbyists along with the ever-present oil cartels whom they 
represent, who would also like to see Armenia shrivel up and die.  


Logic, therefore, demands that if Armenia is to survive, it will take the combined efforts 
of all Armenians, both in the homeland and in the Diaspora.  But before any progress can 
be realized, our leaders in Armenia must close rank and start working together.  But 
before anything else, they must stop migration by giving the people they represent 
something to be optimistic about.  And that’s not going to happen until all those who are 
involved in government place the welfare of their nation ahead of their personal 
ambitions.


As far as Armenia’s and Karabagh’s future are concerned, there is only one thing their 
leaders must realize.  If they continue squandering their blood-soaked independence away 

for selfish motives today, they will never get it back again.  The only thing left will be our 
religiously one but administratively divided churches that are presently practicing 
separation rather than the love and unity that the true spirit of Armenian Apostolic 
Christianity represents.


Joseph Vosbikian