THREAD: During and after the last fall’s war, US Amb. to #Armenia came under tremendous pressure in US by radical Armenian special interests for staying neutral & voicing official US gov. position on #Karabakh. However sooner or later she had to break 1/ vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/Will-…
Appointment of US ambassadors depends very much on the approval of Senate’s foreign relations committee, which is currently chaired by @SenatorMenendez - a longtime supporter of Armenian lobby & #Armenia, who married an Armenian lady in the middle of #Karabakh war last fall. 2/
Amb. Tracy is cognizant of the fate of @BryzaMatthew, one of most accomplished US diplomats, whose career was ended by Armenian lobby (by the same @SenatorMenendez & @BarbaraBoxer) just because he was staying in line with official US gov. policy. 3/
So Amb. Tracy is obviously worried about her future career & obstacles she may face from Armenian lobby at Senate when she returns to DC next Spring. 4/
Such is the sad reality of American politics when special interests - even the ones supporting rival nations (remember #Armenia’s alliance with #Iran and #Russia) - are allowed to influence not only US foreign policy, but even career considerations of US diplomats. 5/5
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