Little Armenian girl training with a machine gun to protect her village bordering Azerbaijan/Turkey

There's no bothsideism when one sees Armenia's literally small in population (3 million). Given that we have a very "reliable ally", it's better to do on our own and do the best to protect ourselves.

Those still “in the shit” are like dating an abusive person.

Russia played both sides (Russia has strategic relations with Azerbaijan and allied relations with Armenia), Turkey does support Azerbaijan unconditionally.

After the ceasefire, Azerbaijan made incursions into Armenia proper. Guess what? Azerbaijan was never stopped. The USA and EU called on Azerbaijan to withdraw the forces from Armenia, but the USA could pressure, it never did.

One more thing for your own country as well.

If supporting free and democratic societies is truly a U.S. foreign policy priority, then supporting a fledgling but dynamic democracy like Armenia against military aggression by a dictatorship should be an unquestionable choice.

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