Test of time: Karabakh showed who came to create

The true master of the earth is the one who builds on it, not destroys it. This is a simple test that allows you to close the issues of "historical rights" without digging into archives and historians arguing.

It became clear to everyone who exactly Karabakh belongs to after the 44-day war. When the Azerbaijani side had the opportunity to show foreigners, who had been tearing their throats out in defense of Armenia for many years, what the invaders had done on their supposedly "ancestral lands," live, and not on satellite photos. Many Armenophiles were forced to bite their tongues when they saw the ruins of Fuzuli or the scorched desert that was once Agdam. These were facts that could not be countered. The defenders of Armenia had no arguments to justify their favorites.

The irrefutable fact of large-scale Armenian vandalism, which came to the world's attention after the liberation war, is one of the main reasons why the hysterics that revanchists and the diaspora are trying to arrange around the demolition of certain objects are not yielding results. Satellite images, accompanied by comments from so-called historians and archaeologists, have flooded the Web, and the benefits are zero. Because one panorama of the destroyed Aghdam is enough to make people shut their mouths and shut up. Nothing can compare with the panorama of Azerbaijani regions covered with overgrown ruins over thirty years, with the eerie sight of ruined tombstones and desecrated graves in Azerbaijani cemeteries. The occupiers and separatists committed all these atrocities knowing that they would not be condemned by anyone. And to this day, no one really condemns them, but no one is in a hurry to join their tantrums either.

The Armenians destroyed, but Azerbaijan builds. This process is taking place before the eyes of the whole world. A lot of work has already been done in just five years. And this is despite the endless minefields. It is not surprising that in a neighboring country these processes cause depression. Having seized foreign lands, Armenia has been engaged in destruction for almost thirty years. Nothing was built except meaningless churches. The occupier was unable to rebuild, settle, or develop the occupied lands. Armenia itself was not capable of this, and no one except the diaspora dared to participate in such projects openly, since the territory was occupied and it was recognized by the UN. The aggressor's foreign partners were doing what the occupiers themselves were doing, plundering the natural resources of the Azerbaijani land.

All this is a very heavy burden, which is difficult to get rid of if there is no remorse. Repentance would greatly ease the burden of Armenia's guilt, but it still does not realize this. Instead of repentance and repentance, various insinuations are heard from there, which only add stones to this burden. For example, a dubious NGO, posing as the Geghard Scientific Research Foundation, issued a statement regarding the opening of Victory Park in Khankendi. It was opened on December 24 with the participation of top officials of the state.

In addition to the fact that the revanchist structure is hysterical at the opening of such a park and its victorious symbols, Geghard accuses Azerbaijan of "erasing" traces of Armenians and "Azerbaijanizing" Khankendi. However, it is unclear how it is possible to Azerbaijanize something that is already Azerbaijani.

But still, the light in the dark realm of revanchist consciousness sometimes turns on. 

Oppositionist Stepa Safaryan shared his thoughts on the revival of the liberated territories of Azerbaijan on social networks. He wrote that many people condemn him for sharing photos of the infrastructure and cities that the Azerbaijani side is currently rebuilding. Users are unhappy that the photos they display remind them once again of what they themselves have not done in thirty years. Safaryan bitterly states that in the modern world, no one cares about the "historical truth", the world today perceives not who destroyed, but who built. After the victory, Baku began to organize trips to the liberated lands and show foreign guests what they were like after liberation and what they became, that is, who destroyed these lands and who is rebuilding them now.

Safaryan considers this a "game," but in the post there is a painful resignation to reality. Like everyone else, he doesn't talk about who destroyed it all. It's as if Armenia has already seized the land in this form. The oppositionist talks depressingly about what has been done in Aghdam in just five years. The blocks are already rising, the master plan is turning into reality before our eyes. "I urge those who are nervous not to publish this. From this place, blood drips from the human heart, and we have yet to get out from under this "image"...," Safaryan sadly states, pointing out, "and how many factories could be built to increase the population of "Artsakh", its defense capability ...".

The fact that an oppositionist shares a photo of Karabakh rising from the ruins is in itself the first sign. Despite the fact that Safaryan interprets what he saw in a purely Armenian way.

Yes, Armenia could have built a lot on the occupied and destroyed lands. If I could. Since gaining independence, Armenia has not built anything on its own internationally recognized territory, which brings back the question of "who is the boss?" to the agenda. Having cleared their territory of traces of Azerbaijanis, Armenia calmed down and relaxed. This was the main goal - to get rid of the indigenous population and provide a mono-national environment in which it is more convenient to raise "true Armenians."

If nothing was built in Armenia itself, it is not surprising that the invaders only destroyed it on foreign soil. Stepa Safaryan shouldn't be so surprised. Armenia did not build not only because its leaders stole. She did not build because the aggressor turned out to be absolutely incapable of creation. In addition, the aggressor knew that these lands would be liberated sooner or later, and only hurried to plunder them as soon as possible so that the true owners would get only the ruins. 

But justice still finds its way. And our neighbors will have to shed tears more than once, looking at the prosperous Karabakh. And to remember, or rather, to fantasize to themselves, what they could have done and what they did not do.