Pashinyan also repeated his erroneous claim that recognizing Armenia’s current borders makes it easier to buy weapons. If your first tool to defend your security is the army, it means you have no defense. Facing more powerful enemies should not mean that Armenia must refrain from acquiring the necessary weapons to defend itself. True legitimacy springs not from empty words but from the tangible guarantee that Armenia’s borders — and its people — are defended by capable, well-equipped forces. It is time for the Prime Minister and the entire leadership to abandon defeatist rhetoric, strengthen strategic alliances, and invest decisively in modernizing the Armenian military.