Posted on 10/14/2007 9:22:22 PM PDT by PRePublic
Turk Warns Against House 'Genocide' Motion
By SEBNEM ARSU Published: October 15, 2007 ISTANBUL, Oct. 14 — The chief of the Turkish armed forces has warned that military relations with the United States would take a negative turn if Congress approved the Armenian genocide resolution that was passed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee last week.
Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, the armed forces chief, was quoted by the newspaper Milliyet on Sunday as saying that the resolution, which condemns the killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks beginning in 1915 as an act of genocide, has caused considerable disappointment in Turkey. He called the passage of the resolution by the committee “sad and sorrowful,” in light of the strong links the two NATO allies have shared.
Further, if it were to be passed by the full House of Representatives, “our military relations with the U.S. would never be as they were in the past,” he said. “We could not explain this to our public,” he said. “The U.S., in that respect, has shot itself in the foot.”
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should the House vote to categorize the Islamic massacre 1.5 Million Christians Armenians
as "Genocide", Or we need then in fighting the more radical Islamists?
Look, it was genocide; but beating up and humiliating our allies and being wimpish to our enemies is what the Democrat foreign policy is all about.
The measure was taken to make President Bush’s foreign policy more difficult to achieve.
Thanks for your opinion, I admit I have difficulties with it, logic FOR it and AGAINST it, one of the most powerful reasons not to go ahead with it is... since it’s a “democrat” issue... to begin with.
The glee of Nancy and company could only be surpassed by the NYTs and the WP. If we’re going to use guided munitions over this, I suggest we start there.
ask yourselves why this is happening now.
This comes at a very bad time
This genocide is already acknowledged in history books. There is no purpose, other than the Democrats agenda of sabotaging foreign relations, in senate passing such a motion.
In fact each of those responsible for this act should be charged with espionage, or crimes against the nation of some sort, and removed from office, fined, and thrown in prison.
If we had Republicans with some spine, this would be the ONLY topic in both houses until charges are laid.
Democrats don’t have a history of defending any attacks on Christians.
this means this bill is an attempt to cause the Truks to cross the Iraq border.
Tis is an act of Treason by the Democrat Party, they are fighting to undermine this War with legislation intended to inflame the Turks and goad them into disruptive actions that can only worsen the War and cause more loss of American Soldiers
the Democrats are seditious Traitors.
President Bush goes to bed each night wondering, “ what hell else could go wrong”, wakes up to his morning briefing and finds out the answer to his late night question. No wonder his hair is getting grey.
Since that's what it was-yes.
In many ways it parallels the situation with Musharraf in Pakistan. He's a bastard, but he's our bastard, and the alternative is worse.
-ccm
Then why wasn't this done long ago. Why is it suddenly important now? The fact is, it isn't. The fact is, there is only ONE reason for the RAT's to pull a stunt like this now, and that is to sabotage our efforts in Iraq. That is high treason, nothing less.
We (collectively, the U.S. public) complain about Iran “helping” the Iraqi dissidents while conveniently forgetting that we gave a great deal of aid and arms to the Taliban to use against the Russians.
This is more of the same: bitching about what the Turks did 90 years ago while forgetting what we did to the American Indians 150 years ago.
“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”
The House could have passed this resolution when Jimmy Carter, FDR or Woodrow Wilson was president. The timing makes it appear Democrats are, as they do daily, sabotaging the U.S. military and the war in Iraq.
Shouldn’t this be a job for historians and not the US House?
Huh?
What in the world does that have to do with what what the RATS are doing now?
And BTW, Indians weren’t angelic creatures. They were barbaric murdering heathens that did their fair share of looting raping and scalping. living in harmony with “mother earth’ is revisionist Indian folklore. They ran entire herds of buffalo off cliffs.
Here's more from the President of the United Armenian Fund..
"The Turkish side is well aware that the step to follow the admission of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey will be a demand for compensation and return of the lands. This is the reason why Turkey will not admit the Armenian Genocide . . . [actually] the admission of the Armenian Genocide is of no value. Our demands are: Turkey must compensate for the damages and return our lands. Our demands do not depend on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide before going on to the next steps. This is the reason that a symposium recently was held at the University of Southern California. Renowned specialists in international law were invited. They explained the rights the Armenian people have under international law, and to which courts Armenians could apply to settle this issue. Now specialists must study the lawyers’ advice and decide which issue should be submitted to which court, as there is the International Court of Justice, European Court of Human Rights, US Federal Courts, etc. This is a most important issue. It mmust be studied with all seriousness, because, if we lose in court, Turkey will claim that Armenians have no legal demands."
The whole Resolution 106 thing is a ruse, a game. Armenia already had started the steps to get damages and return of their lands.
While we all condemn time after time what sure looks like genocide we find that Armenia is messing with the national security of our Country by stirring up trouble between us and Turkey needlessly.
they are no ally.
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