
It was a sad day for Turkish-American relations. But it's even a sadder day for Armenians! They will lose more than they will ever gain!
Do the Armenians really think that some soiling-their-pants Congressmen care about the Armenians' plight? Was this part of a ploy, a plan of pushing Turkey off-track and into radicalism, alienating the 'model' integration of secularism and Muslim-ness, and thereby prove to the 'world' that a moderate Islam doesn't exist?
By a narrow margin of 23-22, The House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the measure recommending the U.S. recognize the 'events' of 1915 as 'Genocide.'
A similar 'Genocide' measure in 2007 was passed by a wider margin, but it was not brought to the House floor for a vote following intensive pressure by then-President George W. Bush. (How They Voted Yesterday)
At the expense of falling victim to the trap I've been blogging against for the past few years here on TalkTurkey, I reverse course and join the chorus that Armenians really do not want reconciliation. Although it is non-binding and simply meaningless, as well as farcical, enough is enough! I am now definitely not in a reconciliatory mood any longer. In fact, I say 'let the games begin!'
Here's my open letter to Prime Minister Erdogan and President Gul of Turkey:
























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