A disastrous interview

Vaհe H Apelian

The much-heralded interview of Samuel Karapetyan’s nephew Narek Karapetyan by Carlson Tucker took place. Surely, a hefty sum of money, only an oligarch at the caliper Samuel Karapetyan, could afford spending to secure a slot on the popular Carlson Tucker Show. What a disastrous interview it was. The whole interview consisted of two parts. The first 30 minutes was devoted to Narek Karapetyan where he upheld his uncle’s staunch support of the Armenian church and Christian values against the PM of Armenia, who ostensibly wants to udo such values. The remaining 90 minutes were devoted to Samuel Karapetyan’s lawyer Robert Amsterdam. A considerable part of that interview pertained to Ukraine and Western related issue. Two to two and a half minutes of Narek Karapetyan’s interview, from approximately 9:50 to 12:20, will resonate in the Armenian media. Not to inadvertently misquote, I transcribed that section, and posted below,

 

TUCKER CARLSON: I was and remain confused by the role of Israel in this, in this war. Azerbaijan, Islamic Nation versus Armenia, Christian Nation and the cleansing of Christians from Nagorno-Karabakh, the region you just mentioned. Israel took a very aggressive position on the side of Azerbaijan against the Christians using American tax dollars to do it. So Israel was a participant in this war.

NAREK KARAPETYAN: The participation of Israel was the support of Azerbaijan by weapon and it was a part of real politics. But the problem…

TUCKER CARLSON: What kind of weapons?

NAREK KARAPETYAN: Drones, like aircraft, aircraft and other. It’s like not just defense and attack.

TUCKER CARLSON: But offensive weapons, offensive Azerbaijan received from…

NAREK KARAPETYAN: Israel and drones, many of drones and many of them were operated by, as we have read in media, by operators from these companies of Israeli companies.

TUCKER CARLSON: So, wow. So, you think they were Israeli drone operators?

NAREK KARAPETYAN: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because as many media told, like it was in many magazines and that.

TUCKER CARLSON: So that would mean that Israelis were killing Christians in this war with US tax dollars. I mean, because the Israeli defense sector is supported, billions and billions a year by the United States.

NAREK KARAPETYAN: The issue is about the real politics. They were, they are getting gas from Azerbaijan.

TUCKER CARLSON: Gasoline.

NAREK KARAPETYAN: Gasoline. They buy gasoline. I think the 70% of Israel gasoline is coming from Azerbaijan. And they have some type of economic ally. They are allies economically. The main issue is today real politics sometimes is like, make a big problem for the nations who want to defend themselves alone in the regions we are minority.

BOB AMSTERDAM: Yeah.

 TUCKER CARLSON: I mean, of course. And that’s how the world works. I just suppose from an American perspective it’s like, why are my tax dollars being used to murder Christians around the world? Cleanse the Christians from Iraq, cleanse the Christians from Nagorno-Karabakh, murder Armenian Christians. Like why am I paying for this?

NAREK KARAPETYAN: It is a problem. It is a problem.

TUCKER CARLSON: Problem for me. Yeah.

 

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Note: Those interested may read the transcript of the entire interview with Carlson Tucker

By: Narek Karapetyan: https://vhapelian.blogspot.com/2025/11/narek-karapetyan-robert-amsterdam-on.html

By: Robert Amsterdam: https://vhapelian.blogspot.com/2025/11/narek-karapetyan-robert-amsterdam-by.html