I believe this was a good indicator for great many of things.
1- This thing was like Democles' sword on top of our neck every year and they wasted this trump card in a very weak way. They used it in a time where everyone knew the US and Turkey fell off politically, when the US was also accusing China of genocide, when they were going at each other with Russia. They did it just after kicking Turkey out of F-35 programme.
So everyone sensible is aware the US is a country that exploits historical-humanitarian events for its political interests. They just over exposed themselves. Maybe if they did this in a more calm, convenient time it would have been a massive hit to Turkey.
2- Them never using the word was sth that whipped up the Armenian diaspora and in fact kept them intact. Sort of like a ''great cause'' for them. Because everyone knows, the best thing to maintain a group together is giving them a common target. Now they got what they wanted. I read in the Armenian sub once, after this they will chase the recognition of ''Artsakh'' but that can be nowhere near close to replacing this.
3- In fact the US not recognising it made it a debated topic in the US media and because of this it actually had an opposite effect of more people getting exposed to their propaganda.
Since the US president ''recognised it''(whatever that means, f***ing guy with a dementia cant even show where Armenia is on the map) they will talk about it 2-3 days not even that much and they will move on.
Now of course they will continue to ''protest'' Turkish government but the campaigns to make the president say the word will at least cease. They will live their honeymoon. After the honeymoon, life continues.
4- This is also a good implication about how the US is out of moves towards Turkey. This was them getting very low. They at last weaponised history to annoy us. Previously they did sanctions, they hit our defense industry, they arranged a coup, they continuously support PKK&YPG, they didnt sell patriots and they kicked us off the S400 programme, they choked their public to anti-Turkish sentiments and propaganda. They did all of that and we although crippled for all of it, somehow survived every one of them.
They dont even care about their reputation within Turkish public. They are well aware it is beyond repairable. They are(and their vassals within our country) beyond exposed for their intentions.
What should we do?
We need to keep it cool and continue what we do as if nothing happened. We should continue growing our defense industry, we should continue our operations in Iraq and Syria. We should continue our policy of stabilising Middle East with only the countries in it.
We shouldnt quit Nato. We have the right to veto in Nato. We should stay in it and veto any potential applications from Cyprus.
We should continue to cooperate with Azerbaijan and never open borders with Armenia. We are lucky we are the ones that matter in this geography. Their voices may be high in the states but the states dont matter in here. We are the reality of this geography.
