On Kedmi's hateful rage toward the Caucasus and the Turks

 

Alik Bakhshi

 

On Kedmi's hateful rage toward the Caucasus and the Turks

 

 

 

 

I happened to hear Yakov Kedmi speak again about the situation in the Caucasus, this time after the Karabakh war, in an interview with a certain Farhad Ibragimov, an employee of a Russian news agency. I think the Azerbaijani was deliberately tasked with interviewing this well-known hater of all things Turkic, which he did with pleasure, as was evident from the expression on his face. (https://youtu.be/7UcENqyjexs) The young fool apparently didn't care what nasty things Kedmi spewed about his people—he just wanted to be seen on the idiot box. I'd like to remind Farhad how Kedmi, spitting and squealing, denigrated the peoples of the Caucasus on the TV show hosted by Mudozvon (1), calling them tribes, gangs under national flags, incapable of and having no right to their own state. Here's Kedmi's verbatim opinion:

"The problem of the North Caucasus, the problem of Karabakh, the problem of the Turkish sultan unleashed and unmuzzled—all these problems can only be solved in one place. That place is called Moscow, the Kremlin."

"In the post-Soviet space, these are tribes, gangs under national flags. And unless there's a force that takes responsibility for overseeing things from above." "They're incapable unless someone from above restrains them." "Russia has always been the source of peace in the Caucasus; when it maintained this, there was peace. When it ceased to fulfill its historical responsibility in this region, it descended into war, into death." These regions cannot exist physically, politically, economically, or demographically as separate national enclaves called a state without someone imposing order there. They simply cannot, and that's it!" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yqUdc-slmss&feature=youtu.be )

 

In response to Ibragimov's question about what Kedmi could say following the 44-day Karabakh War, the latter, instead of answering the question, immediately began by saying that the Turkic countries do not want to join Turkey, referring to the Union of Turkic States, which Kedmi sees as something terrible and hostile. I wonder where he got the idea that Turkey is forcing all six Turkic states to join a single state? He's talking about a union, not a single state. Kedmi is deliberately distorting the true state of affairs in order to frighten Russians, and indeed the entire world. In that case, he should also disapprove of the European Union. But if we recall his views on the Caucasian peoples, it becomes clear why Kedmi harbors such hatred for the newly created Turkic Union, in which, like the EU, all member states have equal rights. True, not all members of the Union are at the same level of economic development, but then again, the same is true in the EU. How can Germany be compared to Macedonia? Yes, Erdogan's Turkey—or, in Kedmi's words, "unleashed and unmuzzled by the Turkish Sultan"—is today strong both economically and militarily, and this proved to be Turkey's decisive contribution to the victory of the brotherly people of Azerbaijan over the Armenian invaders. I have no doubt that Kedmi would have jumped for joy had Armenia won, but... Then, in his answer, Yasha unexpectedly switches to a religious theme, emphasizing that Azerbaijanis are Shiites, who, in his opinion, are more dangerous to Russia. However, Kedmi is once again mistaking wishful thinking for reality. Firstly, Azerbaijanis in the state of Azerbaijan are biconfessional, and a large number consider themselves Shiites, so what? There are plenty of examples in the world of the same people being biconfessional: for example, in Japan, Buddhism and Shintoism are practiced, and some English people are Catholics, while others are Protestants. Secondly, religion in Azerbaijan is not as strong as, for example, in Israel, and is separate from the state, unlike in Israel (2) or its political opponent, Shiite Iran. And thirdly, all other peoples of the Turkic countries profess Sunni Islam, which, one would assume, is more acceptable to Yasha than Shiism. Kedmi's attempt to sow discord here is clearly unsuccessful.

 

It must be said that Kedmi also harbors hatred for other peoples who broke free from the Russian Empire. Kedmi is particularly furious with regard to Ukraine, whose demise he predicted back in 2017. (1)

 

1. The Nightingale's Whistle of Yakov Kedmi

     https://alikbahshi.livejournal.com/61695.html

2. The Sephardic Revolution or the Jewish Republic of Israel

    https://alikbahshi.livejournal.com/2805.html

 

December 6, 2021