Unfortunately, the Armenian-American lobby does not have enough influence to make the American president (any American president) go against Turkey. Every candidate since Ronald Reagan promised to recognize the Genocide and then failed to do so. And, yes, it is shameful that the Jewish lobby has come out in support of Turkey. But what do you do? This is politics. And the fact that the Armenians are divided does not exactly help, either. Nor does it help that they spend precious political capital over something as stupid as the appointment of the US ambassador to Armenia.

Saro, I didn’t catch how your last topic is connected to the Armenian economy. I don’t see much difference between governments during LTP’s, Robert’s or Serzhe’s time. All governments are corrupted and antinational !!!! I don’t know what you mean telling “ We have good and patriotic politicians and political forces” . What the hell these politicians are doing for Economy of Armenia nowadays? We can’t always feed people with patriotic songs, they are tired of it. People want to live as human being, in stead, last 17 years they are trying to survive struggling with own governments. Number 1 issue and for government and for opposition MUST be economy, in stead, they spent all their energy on disputes.

Samvel We have good and patriotic politicians and political forces too but this healthy forces, pelicans are to weak.. This would be a mistake to tie NK and genocide issue to each other and to believe the opening of Turkish border will solve the problem with corruption and ill mentality of many politicians Ruling elite (including Arthur Bagdasaryan, Kocharjan , S.Sarkisyan and others) and Levoan Ter-Petrosyan with people around him are doing a lot of wrong things in the name of "defending national interests" . In the reality there is only a fight for power and money (“business interests” nothing else) Oldest brother is still not even a candidate but youngest brother is resigning for his parliament seat to open the way for oldest one to become speaker of parliament and weeks later is the oldest brother speaker of parliament and maybe the youngest will become soon a “Ambassador” .

Saro, You mentioned only one issue. But I was talking about competitiveness of Armenian made product in oversees in general. Armenia does export its product via air but it hits very badly on cost price of the product, therefore, we need cheap transportation for it. We already understood that Georgia is not reliable country and partner at all. We were just lucky that war lasted 4-5 days but what if it took a year? This is a question for national security of Armenia. Armenia needs to invest into railway roads with Iran, go further and try to open Turkish –Armenian border. Look at our balance of payment. 1. We import much more than export and this gap is increasing every year! 2. Corruption is continuously killing business and society! This 2 problems needs urgent governmental decree Also, Nobody understands what is going on in Karabakh negotiation process, meanwhile, it is clear that nobody is going to accept independence of Karabakh. Russia uses Karabakh issue for its interests and nowadays Russia is trying to get a good price for it. For Russia, it is crucial to block Azerbaijani oil –gas projects with west. So Karabakh is a trump card for Russia in negotiations with Azerbaijan. I think, it is the time for President Sarkisyan to open the cards and talk with people.

Bush did the same by promissing every thing. Since Bush is on power the relationship between Armenia and US has dropt to a dramatic low level.

One more point to my last comment, Armenia needs at lest one strong bank and not more than 2 or 3 "small" banks but you can fined in Armenia about 20 "mini banks" the same can we say about universities etc …!

Turkey will not stop blackmailing Armenia. Turkey will always looks fro new ways and methods to blackmail Armenia . Therefore Armenia has to organize a part of its exports via “big” cargo plans.. the problem is: the Armenian Airlines like Armavir have no concept and marketing strategy ... I would just give an example. by offering Paris, or London , or LS flights to Teheran via YEREVAN its is possible to make profits and create jobs. (look Turkish Airline , which use Istanbul as “transfer airport for ist connection flights somewhere else ” ! But threes is even not a flight (Armavir) between Yerevan and Tehran ! For Armenia government and so called “business men” is easer to sell Armenian telecommunications to Russians and foreigner as to try to expand to Georgia etc !

Samvel, Turkey will not stop blackmailing Armenia. Turkey will always looks fro new ways and methods to blackmail Armenia . Therefore Armenia has to organize a part of its exports via “big” cargo plans.. the problem is: the Armenian Airlines like Armavir have no concept and marketing strategy ... I would just give an example. by offering Paris, or London , or LS flights to Teheran via YEREVAN its is possible to make profits and create jobs. (look Turkish Airline , which use Istanbul as “transfer airport for ist connection flights somewhere else ” ! But threes is even not a flight (Armavir) between Yerevan and Tehran !

Mc Cain is political corpse!!! He is just playing his role and will disappear very soon from political arena. It is not worth to waist time and discuss his sayings. Armenian economy needs borders to be open!! Armenian export decreases every year and it is because the product looses its competitive advantage due to high costs on transportation. So, the problem which we need to discuss, it is how we can open the borders with Turkey while Turkey insist on forgetting genocide issue ?

First, When posting a publication online, please check more admirable resources. Bob Dole was never a democrat, he was a majority, and minority leader of the republican party in the senate. second, stop using the term "Otoman Empire", We all know the armenian genocide was slowly perpetuated by the Young Turks. It's pretty obvious after researching the young Turkish Goverment, that they were the catalyst for the Amenian Genocide.

This dinasor will not be elected.

McCain says... “It is fair to say that one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century, the brutal murder of as many as one and a half million Armenians under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, has also been one of the most neglected. The suffering endured by the Armenian people during that period represented the prologue to what has come to be known as humanity’s bloodiest century.” But he thinks its not fair to recognize the genocide. Better to say, he thinks it's fair to lie to Armenian voters to gather their votes and it's fair to stand along Turkish denial policy in the last step, after his long playing with the words. We want a concrete answer: Do you recognize Armenian Genocide? YES or NO.

hopefully this is the end of the era for the closed minded, oil loving, cowboy American politicians in bed with turkey. McCain's days are counted and those who care about Armenia will not miss him one bit!

This was a great article