U.S. undermines Russian, Iranian influence in Middle East, clouds over Armenia- expert

ArmInfo. Clouds are  gathering over Armenia. According to reliable sources, Azerbaijani  forces are building up their armaments on the border with Armenia.  This opinion is shared by Doctor of Political Science at Stanford  University in the USA, member of the initiative group of the Mother  Armenia movement Artur Khachikyan. 

According to him, flights with military cargo from Israel to  Azerbaijan continue. "The Turkish command, after the lightning  capture of Syria, openly says that the next stage is the Zangezur  corridor. The leadership of Azerbaijan orders this regime to  officially negotiate with Western Azerbaijan, that is, to admit that  Armenia is not a state. This regime admits that it is ready to give  in on this issue as well, and refuses to say what it is negotiating  about. "We do what we want." The "leader" is busy with photo  sessions, reality shows, cooking eggs, and riding a bicycle in  tights," the expert added.

At the same time, the political scientist drew attention to the fact  that the "opposition" and village Napoleons are once again preparing  to fail the protest movement, shout meaningless slogans, stroke their  "egos" and help the regime stay in power. "The people are in despair,  buying food for the New Year.  Armenian society has come to the brink  of the abyss, perhaps for the last time," Khachikyan is sure. 

At the same time, the expert emphasized that the lightning strike on  Syria was carried out by an alliance of Turkey, Israel, the United  States and, possibly, Ukraine. "Turkey won a huge victory and spread  its influence. Israel defeated the enemy regimes that supported  Hezbollah, Syria and Iran. The United States dealt a blow to Russian  and Iranian influence and forced the withdrawal of Russian military  bases. The same alliance will operate in the Caucasus: the United  States, Israel, Turkey and Azerbaijan against Iran and Russia.  Armenia is isolated," Khachikyan believes.

He then commented sarcastically on the greetings of Western leaders  to those who seized power in Syria.  "Welcome to Magical Haircuts.  You can be a terrorist, a member of Al-Qaeda, you can blow up the  World Trade Center in New York and kill 3,000 people, and the  American government can offer $10,000 to catch you... We will cut  your hair, shave your beard, apply deodorant, curl your hair, and you  will become a fighter for democracy and an ally of the democratic  West," the political scientist added. 

At the same time, Khachikyan is sure that, based on the history of  Iraq after Saddam or Libya after Gaddafi, there are several risks in  Syria after Assad. In his opinion, firstly, one of the first  conflicts will break out between Turkey and its armed groups and the  Kurds supported by the Americans, and the latter will sell out the  Kurds, as happened several years ago.

Secondly, Khachikyan believes that there is a high risk of fighting  between several groups within the "democratic forces," many of which  are terrorist. "Thirdly, there is a risk of terrorism spreading in  Syria and other countries, as was the case with the emergence of  Al-Qaeda and ISIS in Iraq after the assassination of Saddam Hussein.  Unfortunately, when countries are not ready for "liberal democracy,"  especially when it is represented by terrorists, the removal of  dictators leads to even worse consequences than before.  Terrorism,  jihadist groups, civil war will likely engulf Syria and neighboring  states," Khachikyan concluded.