With all the problems America is facing right now in the Middle East, friends are hard to come by. So why then has a Democratically controlled Congress decided now is the time to pass a resolution condemning the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 90 years ago?
It would actually be funny if the situation weren’t so serious. As one of our greatest friends, Turkey, has asked that we not go forward with the resolution as it’s a very sensitive subject in their country.
Since 90% of supplies pass through our bases in Turkey on the way to Iraq, it would make since that as a friend we would be happy to honor such a request.
Yet for some strange reason the Democrats are determined to condemn an atrocity that took place nearly 100 years ago by a government that no longer exists.
They want a resolution to condemn what happened specifically as “genocide” — a word that provokes instant anger among today’s Turks, since genocide means a deliberate government policy aimed at exterminating a whole people, as distinguished from horrors growing out of a widespread breakdown of law and order in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.
The only conclusion one can reach based on the evidence at hand, is that Democrats are attempting to outright sabotage our war effort in Iraq. They hope Turkey will cut off the supplies from getting to our troops, which will bring the war to a rapid end and seal our defeat.
If Democrats are actually willing to sabotage the war in Iraq just to stick it to President Bush, it really shows what repulsive human beings many of the Democrats actually are.
This is not President Bush’s war, this is America’s war and every single person that calls themselves an American should want us to win. You don’t have to agree with the war, but you do have to want us to succeed.
By Chris Jones
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackWhat kind of logic are you using? Since when did genocide denial become a perk of American friendship? If Turkey is such a “great friend” as you say then why wouldnt they let the US use the Incrilik airbase for combat missions? Why would they start incursions into the Kurdish region of Iraw when that is the only stable region in the whole country? Why are we so eager to please a country that makes it a crime to use the word genocide? A country that has over 90% of its population holding unfavorable views of American?
The Democrats are trying to restore America’s credibility, almost every country in the world recognizes and speaks openly about the Armenian Genocide except for the US, England, and Turkey. If Germany demanded we tear down the Holocasue memorial because they found it “offensive” and it was a “sensitive” topic in their country would we do it? No, becasue genocide is genocide and it should never be shrouded in bureaucratic doubletalk just because it may piss someone off.
For one thing, it was the Ottoman Empire that was responsible so it doesn’t make any sense. I don’t recall this every being a pressing matter on the Democratic agenda until just this week.
I don’t recall Nancy Pelosi EVER mentioning an Armenian genocide resolution on the campaign trail.
If we’re gonna start throwing resolutions around, how about a condemnation of the genocide going on right now in Chechnya at the hands the Russian military.
Let’s have a resolution condemning Japan for it’s atrocities during the war. There are plenty to choose from, so why this one now?
Its funny!
A nation founded on genocide exterminating millions of indigenous Indians and have gone to war to numerous nations (Vietnam, chili, Nicaragua, cuba, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Korea, Japan, Haiti.. just a few to mention) and killed more than 32 million people all over the world is passing a resolution naming the killings of 300,000 as genocide!! Its the first to use biological and nuclear weapons against the mankind. Its Iraq score is pretty small somewhere around 750,000. Hey America, catch it up quick…time is running out! Isn’t it shameful if this great nation on earth couldn’t make at least a million with all these weapons in the 21st century?
Chris, I have to side with you on this one. Genocide is indescribable and unforgivable. But the timing on this resolution is insane. We need friends right now (and strategically placed military bases), especially the Turks, since they could vastly complicate the Iraqi war. They don’t have to like us, but it would be most helpful if we did not actively antagonize them at this point. Speaking out now would be like waving a written statement against organized crime in the face of a Mafia boss who is holding a gun to your head. We’ve waited 90 years. Another year or two won’t hurt. A resolution now would just cause more people to die.
–Mark Mercer
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