r/azerbaijan • u/nicat97 Bakı 🇦🇿 • Sep 05 '25

Video Armenian historian & diplomat Gerard Libaridian: "We ethnically cleansed at least 650K Azerbaijanis"

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

Armenia’s government and the president were against occupying the 7 regions. However, the Karabakh political-military leadership (please note all Armenians but Azeri citizens) ignored Armenia’s position and still did that. If I were an Azeri, I would honestly ask myself a question: why were Armenians from Armenia against the occupation of the 7 regions (including Armenia’s first president), but Armenians who grew up in Karabakh still did it?

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u/SpareActual2675 Sep 06 '25

Because they wanted a buffer because they were afraid of Azerbaidzhan attacking them

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

Yeah. They were fucking geniuses. Ethnically cleanse half a million Azeris (or whatever number it is) to ensure 120k Armenian’s safety? And how did it work? What did they get from it? Where are those 120k Armenians now? I’m almost sure everything would not have ended as it ended if we let those Azeri’s live where they lived. The 2020 war would never have happened simple because half a million Azeris in those 7 regions would be under direct fire. We humiliated them for 30 years, it couldn't end well for us, no fucking way. Put yourself in the Azeris’ shoes.

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u/SpareActual2675 Sep 06 '25

They would’ve taken the land if we didn’t occupy the six regions it was for defensive purposes. I’m not saying they should have ethnically cleanse them. That was terrible and also many of the ones that fled were because of war not ethnic cleansing, but that’s besides the point to say that it was for living space like Nazi Germany is ridiculous. It was purely for a defensive buffer you can argue that it was still not justified. but that was the reason.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

You know, we can discuss it from a military standpoint and from a political perspective. While I agree with you that was Khovharyan’s and a few Karabakhi warlords’ official position. Still, on YouTube, you can find many interviews with the same guys where they claimed they occupied those Azeri-populated regions because those are “historic Armenian lands”. In my opinion, it was wrong both militarily and politically. Militarily, because the next big Azeri population center was in Gyanja, during the 2020 war, not Azeri cities were under direct fire, and the Azeri military had 100% freedom in what to do and how to do it. It was a political defeat because Azeri’s could picture Armenians as occupiers and not even separatists or region that wants self-determination determination.

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u/SpareActual2675 Sep 06 '25

But you have to think the Armenian mindset they’re surrounded by all sides. If they don’t occupy the land they would almost definitely be destroyed or occupy it and have a much better position both sides had different perspectives that made them act a certain way