At a time when Turkey may invade Iraq (which would distrupt US supply lines and could destabilize some regions), why are some representatives in congress trying to pass a resolution condemning turkey for the armenian genocide that occured around 100 years ago?
2007-10-17 10:25:17 · 8 answers · asked by John L 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Alot of republicans voted for it, heres the list, so whats your point?
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?...
The most famous Turkish citizen Orhan Pamuk, (nobel peace prize winner) just stated that the US should recognize the Armenian Genocide and Turkey has no freedom of speech. He was jailed by Turkey for his opinions.
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2007/1...
The Armenian genocide is the "death of 1.5 million Christians killed by Muslims in a Jihad"
Did you know Freedom of Speech is outlawed in Turkey? Did you know Turkey is still doing honor killings?
Why does the United States support a country that does that? Just because of misle bases?
Did you knows that the resolution has been coming up for the past 25 years and everytime it has come up the US government says "this is not the right time" just like they are now. During Clintons presidency the same thing was being said that is being said now and there was no war.
So when will it be the right time? Never is the right answer.
Armenian-Americans have been trying for the past 25 years for the US to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Its recognized in countless other countries like Canada, Italy, Greece, France, Poland, etc.
it happened 90 years after the fact, did you know alot of the survivors of that genocide are still alive? They were children when the Turks raped their mothers and fathers, chopped their aunts and uncles into pieces, hung their brothers and sisters on crosses and then burned them alive. Leaving the survivors as orphans who alot wound up in orphanges in America in 1915.
Their still alive, don't you think the USA should recognize what happened to them while their still alive?
Did you know Turkey never admitted they did the genocide, they lie and say it never happened, Turks claim Both Armenians and Greeks comitted a Genocide to them in 1915, they hold rallies in streets of America including outside the White House stating this. You can see the videos and photos Here:
http://www.theforgotten.org/denial
http://www.theforgotten.org/denial2005/
Did you know its against the law in turkey for anyone to say the Armenian Genoicde happened. Its Penal Code 301 in Turkey. The punishment is jail. Famous journalist Hrant DInk was sent to jail for saying the Armenian Genocide happened then he was killed, his son has to serve 1 year in jail for saying the Armenian Genocide happened/
In turkey their history books are re-written stating the Armenian Genocide never happened. The country is teaching their people lies which is causing a dangerous situation..
Should the USA deny the Sept 11 attacks happened because Osama Bin Laden makes a good ally?
Don't you think its ironic the USA is allies with a country Turkey who is Muslim and comitted a JIHAD (genocide) to Christians -the Armenians who deny it ever even happened?
If your grandfather was alive and told you how his father was hung on a cross burned alive, his mother was raped and killed, his uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters were all raped, chopped into pieces, tortured in front of him by muslims you want the people who did it to at least say sorry, right? Not re-write history books and say your grandfathers family killed and raped them?
My Grandfather is 95 years old, all he wants in life is to see the USA recognize this before he dies. Hes lived in this country since he was a littly boy. He payed his taxes, is a successful business man who is a good American citizen
2007-10-17 17:24:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Turkish troops have been operating on both sides of the border for some time now. The news is that MORE troops are crossing.
If Bush were smart, he would encourage Turkish troops to mass along the border to protect Turkish citizens against the PKK (and to bring home those already in Iraq). We've earned a lot of credibility with the Kurds, and we can pressure them to behave.
2007-10-17 17:29:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is a perverse bit of politics. It's not the first time an opposition Congress has used symbolic legislation to complicate foreign affairs for a sitting President, either.
2007-10-17 17:35:35 · answer #3 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In my opinion, it has to be one of two reasons...
They are so determined to undermine our efforts in the war on terrorism...that they will do anything, including purposefully destabilizing the region.....
Or they will do what ever they can to get back at Bush for not kissing the new majority's collective butts..
Either way, it was poor timing at best....and a deliberate placing of our military in harms way at worst.
2007-10-17 17:33:48 · answer #4 · answered by Lilliput1212 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because they are Democrats and don't care about anyone or anything as much as they care about themselves and some Armenian lobby has given them a lot of money to do it.
2007-10-17 17:32:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes Turkey wants to kill more Kurds, it is a hobby of theirs for a long time now.
Nothing to do with the Reagan supported condemnation of killing thousands of Armenians and Christians.
Did we not take out Saddam for killing Kurds?
We should probably attack Turkey now.
2007-10-17 17:36:53 · answer #6 · answered by Think 1st 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
to screw up our relations with Turkey.
Some representatives=far leftists in congress who want us to fail in Iraq.
Can we call them traitors yet?
2007-10-17 17:28:35 · answer #7 · answered by charbatch 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Bush-hate rules their little lives.
2007-10-17 17:37:54 · answer #8 · answered by Lavrenti Beria 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋