With US-Turkish relations worsening, the Obama Administration declared “strong opposition” to the House panel’s vote on the Armenian genocide, and vowed to do everything in its power to prevent it going any further in Congress.
The 23-22 vote in the House Foreign Affairs Committee supported a non-binding resolution expressing Congressional sentiments on World War One era deaths in the Ottoman Empire as genocide. The Turkish government reacted with fury to the vote, withdrawing their ambassador and vowing other unspecified actions.
The votes have become a near annual referendum on Turkey’s ability to influence American policy, with the Turkish government pulling out all the stops to kill a measure which has seemingly no real consequence on the historical reality nearly a century ago and only peripheral relation to a government far removed from the tottering empire of the early 20th century. President Obama vowed to support the measure during the campaign, netting considerable support from Armenian-Americans as a result. Since his election he has reversed his stance on the issue, and now vigorously opposes it.
In fact, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today demanded that the House just “drop” the matter, and said the administration would do whatever it takes to prevent the House from voting on the resolution. The House leadership has yet to indicate what they intend to do.
It looks as though Mrs. Obama has exchanged Mr. Obama for Mr. Kissinger!
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I guess he wants a piece of the action from the Turks.
Dennis Hastert, speaker of the house, took a $500K bribe from them to stop a vote on this issue. He retired and became a lobbyist for Turkey.
Presidents cost more.
Real Politick. Military controls Turkey, and they are friend of Israel. (Although the current government is the most right wing ever). So the US only harps on one type of genocide, if the Armenians had ca$h and big influence you would have a part time member of the Armenian army in the Obama's administration. Expect further US decay, until our citizens have the 'Audacity of non-interventionism'.
O.S. This makes it look as though the Clintons were back in the White House.
Who got elected?
Someone is always going to the aid of the Turks; France, Britain, America. France wanted a counterweight to the Hapsburgs in the 16th and 17th centuries. Britain wanted to stop Russian expansion in the 19th. (Remember the Crimean War?) We found Turkey valuable as a Cold War ally agaisnt the USSR and now in the so-called "War on Terror." What the Turks have actaully done for us excapes me. When one talks about the death of at least a million people, it's a genocide.
1- What would the world gain if even the present government of Turkey would come out and say.. Yes, it is true and we did kill over a million Armenians during the First World War… but it was a war and we needed to do that…!! Do you think that world would come out and kill a million Turks just for the hell of it…? The humankind history is full of falsified, used and abused time of power to fool the fellow humankind when the power – government could benefits of it.. the desperate and opportunistic political parties game is to gain their lost in power and to steal and monopolize the people’s wealth more then before .. So is the fact with the old idealism in Communist parties around the world.. they do anything to get the vote of those who does not know but claim to be the one working for democracy. If you ask these people to define democracy.., most likely they would answer you.., is what people vote for..?
The Turks have repeatedly said that many Armenians died, that it was a war, that the Armenians took up arms at the behest of the Russians to attack the Turkish Army during the winter of 1914-15, and that the Turkish Army was not particularly concerned with the attrition of the Armenian population as it was being deported away from the operational zone in the Caucasus. What the Turks have consistently resisted are attempts to portray what happened as a sort of one-sided slaughter resulting from an alleged congenital Turkish desire to slaughter people for shits and giggles. The Armenians killed thousands of Turkish soldiers, allowing the Russian Army to capture Kars. That always seems to be forgotten in the remembrance of what happened to the Armenians. I certainly cannot blame the Turks for not putting up with the ejaculations of Congress – binding or not. But, since the legislative wing of the FedGov thinks that insulting resolutions are no big deal, I wonder how they'd react if the Japanese government were to pass a "non-binding resolution" deploring, oh say, the "criminal and bloodthirsty slaughter of tens of thousands of civilians in the nyclear holocausts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
2- that is where people are fooled…, and vote for those whom can fool them with a falsified promises.., at the same time.., If you look at the present global political situation and governments political maneuverings the same notion would be the fact in American politics by the far right whom would do anything to support Israel where its genocide of Palestinians are done as a on going facts for last 50 years.., such a politic combined with Israel’s apartheid regime has become a threat to entire region and present Turkish government.., with a reservation.., is against such policy.., which shows that they are not racist and willing to work with any government if the relation is based on mutual benefits. To clarify.., let me say this.., although The Turkish government is a pro Israel, works and helps Israel but is a member of NATO and all NATO members are doing that, but there is a difference..,
3-Turkey has condemned the Israel killings of innocent Palestinians in Gaza war and since have a closer political ties with Syria and Iran, Turkey is a land of Oil pipelines from the Central Asia to Europe and have a excellent military, economic and political relations with EU and US, having said that you can figure the rest of the story..! I am not for any religious government or its philosophy but I think that people needs to understand that: what is their right to know where governments or those who are out there seeking power will not tell the people that: we say this or do that because of the moment in politics where we.., as a government see it fit and politically benefit from our doing or saying.., Israel would love to see the Turkish government changed into a militarism regime where it could use Turkish territories as a launch pat toward Central Asian countries, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.., this is because the idea behind occupying Iraq is and was to dominate the entire Middle East militarily and Central Asia Oil producing countries was lied out by the Neo-Cones and started with Bush regime starting the wars.
Holocaust deniers are back in vogue.
How about in l990-94 Armanians murdered 250,000 innocent men,women,and childeren in Azerbaijan,why is it that is not called a genocide,furthermore Armanians murdered l,200,000 innocent Turkish civilians,while the Armanians took the side of Russia and fought agaisnt the Turkey,at the same time Armanians were Turkish citizens .Why is it this mass murder is not called genocide?
The Armenians are hardly innocent, that much is certain.
james gold turkish murdered man women and childrnen in armenian
Since l994,Armania in addtion to murdering 250,000 innocent Azeri civilians,they have taking over 20% of the Azerbaijanian land in violation of the international law.
Obama vows to stop American Genocide
About time!
Documentary Photos Of The Armenian Genocide
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http://www.armgate.com/genocide/index.html