Armenia’s impending defection from the CSTO will fail to be substantive unless NATO secures reliable access to it via Georgia, but the latter’s incumbent authorities aren’t expected to agree. That’s why another round of Color Revolution unrest is being cooked up on the pretext of “protesting” the liberal-globalist president’s impeachment proceedings.
"...the scandal suggested a renewed destabilization effort there."
Duh!
"...still officially wanting to join the EU and NATO..."
Yeah, but that harks back to a time before America exposed itself by forcing (surreptitiously initiating) the war in the Ukraine. No-one expects such silliness to prevail, while everyone desperately hunts for methods of back-peddling out of such previous naivety; it doesn't MEAN anything.
"...pressuring them into reversing their stance or replacing them with more compliant puppets if they still refuse to do so."
Ignoring that is the sort of naivety which might have been justified as politically expedient BEFORE the Americans' (self-)exposition. As the current Georgian position illustrates, such faux naivety is no longer justifiable.
"...a second front against Russia could open in the South Caucasus..."
Yeah, that's true, but how long would it last? America isn't going to suddenly rise from the ashes, so there's no real reason to be too terribly frightened by the remaining few low-IQ and backward-looking knuckle draggers who manage to do just a little bit more of their bidding in some Grand Finale. They may be inconvenient and cause some trouble for a limited time, but they're not going anywhere new; which, of course, means they're not going anywhere at all (other than down) — 'flogging a dead horse'.
"...it’s imperative that this latest power play fails."
Well... Sometimes you've got to take the rough with the smooth to be a bit more philosophical. Remember what Дядя Ленин said (something like): 'Sometimes you've got to take a step backwards to take two steps forwards,'.
It occurs to me that, if Armenia is firmly in the western camp, then India's planned transport corridor to Europe through, Iran, Armenia and Turkey could easily be blocked.
"They left for abroad after questioning..."
Why?
"...the scandal suggested a renewed destabilization effort there."
Duh!
"...still officially wanting to join the EU and NATO..."
Yeah, but that harks back to a time before America exposed itself by forcing (surreptitiously initiating) the war in the Ukraine. No-one expects such silliness to prevail, while everyone desperately hunts for methods of back-peddling out of such previous naivety; it doesn't MEAN anything.
"...pressuring them into reversing their stance or replacing them with more compliant puppets if they still refuse to do so."
Ignoring that is the sort of naivety which might have been justified as politically expedient BEFORE the Americans' (self-)exposition. As the current Georgian position illustrates, such faux naivety is no longer justifiable.
"...a second front against Russia could open in the South Caucasus..."
Yeah, that's true, but how long would it last? America isn't going to suddenly rise from the ashes, so there's no real reason to be too terribly frightened by the remaining few low-IQ and backward-looking knuckle draggers who manage to do just a little bit more of their bidding in some Grand Finale. They may be inconvenient and cause some trouble for a limited time, but they're not going anywhere new; which, of course, means they're not going anywhere at all (other than down) — 'flogging a dead horse'.
"...it’s imperative that this latest power play fails."
Well... Sometimes you've got to take the rough with the smooth to be a bit more philosophical. Remember what Дядя Ленин said (something like): 'Sometimes you've got to take a step backwards to take two steps forwards,'.
It occurs to me that, if Armenia is firmly in the western camp, then India's planned transport corridor to Europe through, Iran, Armenia and Turkey could easily be blocked.