To Counter Turkish Threat, Russia Sends Fighter Jets to Its Base in Armenia
By Julio Severo
Russia has moved several MiG-29 fighters and other
aircraft to its military base in Armenia, after Turkish threats of a more
direct military intervention in Syria. The Russian base in Armenia is located
some 40 kilometers from the Turkish border.
Relations between Turkey and Armenia have always been
tense, because Turkey refuses to recognize its Ottoman Empire committed a
genocide of 1,5 million Christian Armenians 100 years ago. Besides, by backing
ISIS and other radical Islamic groups against the Syrian government, Turkey has
posed a serious threat to the Christian minority in Syria, one of the oldest
Christian communities in the world.
Armenia was the first officially Christian nation in
the world. While is good that Russia, which is the largest Orthodox Christian nation
in the world, is supporting and protecting Armenia against Islamic Turkey, it
is not good for America, which is the largest Protestant nation in the world, to
be officially an ally of Turkey, because in a military conflict between Turkey
and Armenia, you will probably see America siding with Muslims while Russia
sides with Christians.
This situation is already happening in Syria, where
Russia supports a pro-Christian government while Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the
U.S. support Islamic rebels who have been torturing, raping and slaughtering
Syrian Christians.
With
information of Deutsche Welle.
Portuguese
version of this article: Para combater ameaça turca, Rússia
envia caças para sua base na Armênia
Source: Last Days Watchman
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