-Caveat Lector-
In a message dated 09/28/2000 6:01:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< : The bill was endorsed a week ago by a subcommittee of the House
: of Representatives, and is expected to be debated in the committee
: plenum. The law calls upon the president to "define as genocide the
: systematic and intentional murder of a million-and-a-half Armenians,"
: and asks the State Department to pass on this material to American
: diplomats. The Armenians are of course seeking to obtain American
: recognition for the genocide committed by Ottoman Turkey in 1915.
: The Armenian initiative did not make waves in the American media,
: and has little chance of passing the coming stages of legislation.
: The
: State Department even published a condemnation of the decision in
: the House of Representatives. "Historians, not lawmakers, are the
: ones who should be concerned with this matter," explained the State
: Department spokesman. "We are prepared to assist the efforts of the
: Turkish and Armenian experts, together with academics from other
: countries, to study their joint history." >>
The State Department is right. I've no idea why this has become a matter
constantly brought up in Congress. I don't think they made a fuss in 1915,
but they've been carping on it for at least the last ten years. The Turks
and Armenians truly understand the issue. It has been a kind of magnified
blood feud ever since it happened. When I looked into the matter some years
ago, it seemed that this all came up when Russia and Turkey were fighting.
At that time, the Armenians were a fairly large population in Eastern Turkey,
where even today many Armenians are to be found. At that time, they had
magnificent churches, monestaries, and they were especially noted for their
skill as silversmiths. They did fine work in other metals as well, and were
excellent businessmen. They wanted their own country, and the Russians said
that if they would fight on the side of Russia, that when Russia won the war,
they would be given their own country. Unfortunately for the Armenians, the
Russians lost and went home, leaving the Armenians to reap the wrath of the
Turks who to this day consider treason the worst sin there is. A similar
state of affairs happened in VietNam when the Americans took to their heels
and left the South Vietnamese to face the wrath of the North. We have not
yet taken the North Vietnamese to task for their treatment of the South
Vietnamese, and yet we had much more to do with that matter. The Government
of the United States should keep its nose out of the business between the
Turks and Armenians. Our voiced opinions (whatever they may be) will add
nothing positive to this problem. Prudy
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