QUOTE(irlandahay @ 04/23/07 04:10 PM) [snapback]107689[/snapback]
now for kurdistan. (sorry diri I hadnt answered yet)
I personnally like the kurds. sure they did bad stuff, but they have proven to me that they are real men. they have apologised for their wrongs and have supported armenians for a while now. they helped us in artsakh by supplying PKK stockpiled wepaons, they held joint attacks with ASALA.
Obviously the land inhabited today by kurds used to belong to armenians, but lets be realistic. the borders arnt gonna change anytime soon and if we do get the lands...whos gonna live there?
point being. if kurds live there, fine, as long as they dont destroy our sacred monuments and invent pathetic cover stories to explain how they got there...then I'm fine with it.
Thank you for your kind words... Indeed I support Armenian rights - and as far as possible, also claims and demands...
I see the importance of your historical lands and I see how these lands are part of your heritage...
As you said, WHEN the borders are re-drawn, it is going to be hard for a 3 million state Armenia to inhabit a massive land - which already has a far majority Kurdish population... It would mean, realistically, to throw out every Kurdish family from these lands... That in itself would be a genocide... Which the Armenians were so unlucky to face themselves only 84 years ago...
I, like 99% of all Kurds recognize and apologise for the cruel acts that my nation has inflicted on you and your families...
Kurdistan and Armenia have historically had good relations - and we share so much in cultural terms - it's not always easy to separate the two...
When Turkey's oppressive regime falls - and democracy is given a chance, I hope historically important areas for Armenians in todays Turkey, like Ani, Qars and Ararat - which are close to the Armenian border, are given back to the Armenians...
It's a wish from my heart... Because although I wish you could get all of it back, I know it's not realistic, but a compromise may be possible...
Bijî Hayastan û Kurdistan!