Diaspora Iraqis have accepted that their homeland no longer exists

Evidence

Apart from Russia, Armenia’s major source of support was its large, wealthy and influential diaspora in Western Europe and North America, including roughly 1 million Armenians in the United States and 450,000 in France. These provided money and supplies to help Armenia survive the Turkish blockade, officials for the Armenian government, and volunteers for the Armenian armed forces. Contributions to Armenian relief from the American community amounted to 50 million to 75 million a year in the mid-1990s. The diasporans also exercised considerable political influence with their host governments. The largest Armenian communities in the United States are in key states like California, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. As a result, Congress prohibited any foreign aid to Azerbaijan and made Armenia the third largest per capita recipient of U.S. assistance. This backing from abroad was essential to Armenia’s survival and appropriately earned it the sobriquet of “the Israel of the Caucasus.” Just as the nineteenth-century Russian attacks on the North Caucasians generated the diaspora that helped the Chechens to resist the Russians, the early-twentieth-century Turkish massacres of Armenians produced a diaspora that enabled Armenia to resist Turkey and defeat Azerbaijan. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 774 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Diaspora is quietly subverting the nation-state model of identity; Diaspora communities can determine whether an embattled homeland survives — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 774; Diaspora entails a permanent void of an unrealized life — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 1078 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Diaspora communities can determine whether an embattled homeland survives #complicates (0.80) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 774