If someone wants to see something
funny, then there's a look at Azerbaijani president visiting recaptured regions through a PSO-1 scope of the Dragunov rifle from over the Iranian side of the border
https://twitter.com/StasSwanky/statu...17725497520129
It is about 450 meters away. To put it simply, this can easily be interpreted as hint as to who is the boss in the region.
Let's talk casualties some more:
1. Syrian cannon fodder - 300+ dead out of 2.5k deployed is the current "information".
2. Azeris - 1.5k-2k, should be without the above mentioned Syrians.
3. Armenians - real number is more than 4k up to 6k, also according to the rumours. 4k looks likely at least.
In the meantime Aliyev is still doing insults at Armenia on the official level, while Pashiyan is holding on to the power and still is hiding somewhere, while the president of the Armenia is demanding his resignation.
Vae victis, truly.
P.S.
Someone on the Lost Armour has started to post memoirs from two Armenian volunteers from abroad who went to fight. Quite funny and quite sad. Everything starting how from 10+ wanting to fight only 2 actually went (I mean, no one really expected Kardashians to be fighting there, but still), how bunch of "important persons" just basically stole the donated aid money, how local communications were non-existant, equipment was from non-existant (machine gun ammo, personal protection) to overflowing (AK ammo, food), lack of manpower on the ground as opposed on the paper, crappy defensive fortifications, etc.
Classic volunteer/militia stuff, but still, shows that Armenia was as good enemy to itself as Azerbaijan.
Seems like a dumb thing to do. It is not like both sides did not have enough recruits, especially Azeris, the difference in performance of someone having served at least one full year simply will be better than the one having served 3-4 months, if not less and can barely shoot.
I mean, Finland in 1939 or USSR in autumn of 1941 when there was no choice, sure, but not this time, maybe for Armenians and even that can be debated as we know their army mostly stayed in Armenia.