A small booklet titled “A New Look at TARC” by Dr. Moorad Mooradian is an in-depth assessment of the Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Commission (TARC). Dr. Mooradian points out the errors that took place during the TARC fiasco of July 9, 2001 – April 15, 2004.

That conciliation effort by non-governmental officials (NGOs), with the involvement of the Armenian Assembly as well as the Armenian Government, included a demand that Turkey open its borders with Armenia.

It is not understood, that when the Turkish-Armenia border opens, it would mean free trade – free trade with a nation of 70,000,000 people. Within a few years two million Turks would be mingling and living in Armenia as traders and businessmen. They would not have to drop bombs to take over what is left of the country. Could it be a possibility that Turkey might create problems for the transportation of Armenian goods to the world’s markets through its country?

Unfortunately, Armenia’s economic policies were faulty from the beginning of 1990. The continuation of the communist economic mentality was carried over, while monies of the IMF and World Bank vultures whet the appetites of ready opportunists who took advantage of bribe money to govern the nation. Money that had strings attached, and designed to perpetuate economic stagnation. That created an exodus of the population from their ancient soil – just what the enemies of Armenia have wanted.

We should not worry about “reconciliation” until we have dealt with inadequacies of an unpatriotic Armenian government. A government that allows its Defense Minister, Serg Sarkisyan, to gamble away millions of dollars (the peoples’ money) in his treks to the Monte Carlo casino. His brother, Alexandr Sarkisyan, is preparing to move his family out of Armenia by buying multi-million dollar properties in California. Where did he acquire that kind of wealth in an impoverished country? A government that refuses to defend the nation’s culture by ignoring foreign contaminated cultures to infiltrate. A government that has allied itself with world-created organizations such as the European Union (diminished of Christian heritage) and the Council of Europe who dictate to Armenia as to how they must govern their country. Armenia’s Central Bank sold 1.4 tons of gold into the world market on May 5, 2004 for $400 per ounce. Where did they acquire the gold, and what have they done with the money after the sale?

After Armenia sold its gold reserve “The Armenian Central Bank no longer would accumulate gold,” Tikran Sarkissian, the Bank’s chief, announced at a press conference. Sarkissian said “The nation’s gold reserve was sold when prices reached USD 400.00 an ounce. Sarkissian also said “holding gold offers very little profit.” Now, gold at this time has risen to $510.00 per ounce.

The government sold the nation’s (people’s) gold mines to One World investors (vultures). The gold from those mines (from the sweat of Armenian miners) could have been support, or (backing) for the useless Armenian “paper” dram. The dram would have become one of the world’s valuable currencies, which in turn would have reduced migration of the populace to all corners of the world.

The Armenian Government is secretly talking behind the scenes with world powers about a Kharabagh agreement. Agreements are not necessary. All agreements ended with the sacrificing of 30,000 young Armenian lives; but the Armenian Government seems to care less. Talks of appeasement (the compromising of Armenian soil) should not be taking place just to look good to the whims of the world.

These are the types of subject matters that Armenian’s should be concentrating on. The Armenian people worldwide must be awakened to the fact that there exist truly patriotic individuals and movements in Armenia that are ready to die for the defense of the nation but are not able to confront powerful exterior financial forces that support their kind of Armenia. Let us all understand, if Armenia goes as a nation, nothing but nothing will have Armenian value.

Does not the patriotic Diaspora contribute financial as well as humanitarian aid for the good of the nation, while many large organizations within the vast Diaspora do not speak out about this unpatriotic government? Is it because they are afraid of losing their status and privileges? When you do not speak out against a dictatorial theocracy in your homeland, you are allowing it to weakening, while condoning it.

Dr. Mooradian states on page 13 of his TARC booklet, that “Mr. David Philips was not independent of the U.S. Government. In fact, Mr. Mark Grossman was the number three person in the U.S. State Department at that time.” These are the interveners and facilitators within TARC who have also been behind the scenes of influencing America into a pro-Turkish foreign policy. Their purpose of intervening and facilitating is to ingratiate themselves to the Armenian. Their compatriots have been training the armed forces of Azerbaijan and upgrading Turkey’s air force and tanks. Their kinsmen, the “Young Turks” in 1915 were the architects of the Armenian genocide. If we can not identify the enemy, we do not deserve to be a nation. It would be interesting to know which mind dreamt of a conciliation commission — a Turkish mind or an Armenian mind.

You are only respected when you stand strong, even though you are small. When you speak weakly to the enemy, he has nothing but contempt for you. After having strengthened the nation, then the enemy will approach you to reconcile.

It is most important that our educated intelligentsia be capable of identifying the truth, but with an added ingredient of common sense. Then we will not have need for TARC, Mark, or Lark.

Ardavast Avakian
Boca Raton, Florida – December 4, 2005