The turks of years past were barbaric. But the Turks of today are trying to hold their own as a secular democracy. What good does it do anyone to have the Congress pass a resolution to antagonize our nation's good relations with it's current government?
Currently so much of the resources being used in Iraq by the US military comes through Turkey. Supplies are delivered by Turkish truck drivers. Turkey is, though not perfect, a model nation compared to those to the south.
What good does this do us to bring it up now? Why would any Armenians even CARE that the US is doing this? Are Armenians somehow better off if the US mission in Iraq fails?
The current Democratic party is the party of Treason.
“Why would any Armenians even CARE that the US is doing this?”
If most of your ancestors were murdered in a genocide that the world ignored and the ancestors who did survive were labeled “combatants” or “anti-muslim” as though they brought it on themselves, you might feel a little differently.
The resolution will probably be killed again because the powers that be are so dead against it.
BTW, notice that Bush was quick to call (rightly so) Darfur a “genocide.” The double standard is what bothers Americans of Armenian descent. There’s a book entitled “Forgotten Fire” that pretty much expresses it.