Comments on: Khachatourian: Yovanovitch Evades the Community

By: Random ArmenIAN

Random ArmenIAN — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:12:06 +0000

Another take on her visit is that the purpose of the visits was just a cover to guage the Armenain-American community post april24. The purpose of the visit, to foster programs within the US-diaspora to help Armenia sounded week.
Unfortunately at the same time Armenia does need help through programs and there needs to be reforms. March 1st was awefull and gives the US the opportunity to use against Armenia.

By: Random ArmenIAN

Random ArmenIAN — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:03:08 +0000

I believe at least one person was taping at her first stop in Boston, but they asked that any recordings be not made public until after July 4th (such as on youtube). The given excuse was “she would like to address the communities herself.” In the case of Glendale, I think things were going to be the most heated of all meetings. That’s probably why. Or they may have decided halfway through or at least after Boston that given the heated meetings no taping should be allowed.
As for the puppet and similiar comments, she’s an ambassador, I don’t think she can independently implement foreign policy. She has to either toe the line or like Evans do the brave and just thing.

By: Aroudz

Aroudz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:20:11 +0000

Yovanovitch is a distraction. Obama and the State Department put her in place to keep our community preoccupied. She’s the official buffer zone between our community and the State Department that keeps heat away from the people that have power. She’s essentially the punching bag our community has at its disposal to vent our frustration on. Her job is to smile in the face of this anger and keep us quiet by reassuring our community that everything will be fine.
I agree with CK and Levon, Yovanovitch is a puppet. Why are we wasting our time with her when we could be spending precious time pressuring the people behind the scenes that actually pull her strings????????

By: SA

SA — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:42:43 +0000

Press coverage was banned??? It appears the Ambassador has lost her sense of direction and is taking cues from the Iranian dictatorship, rather than American democracy.

By: Levon

Levon — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:32:21 +0000

I don’t trust a word coming out of Yovanovitch’s mouth. As far as I’m concerned she’s full of hot air and takes us for fools. If Obama and the rest of the backstabbers thought she would be able to prance through our communities in a tactfully choreographed PR stunt and cool heads amongst our leaders they thought wrong.
Yovanovitch is lucky we didn’t start throwing rotten tomatoes at her! Perhaps she should take that message back to Washington with her as well.
Frankly, we’re probably better off as a community without her. I personally would rather not have her eyes or ears anywhere near our communities as she may be getting more from us then we are from her…