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Obama stops Smithsonian from displaying Armenian Genocide-era artwork for fear of irking Turks
Jihad Watch ^ | 10/26/2013 | Robert Spencer

Posted on 10/26/2013 5:25:16 AM PDT by markomalley


Turkey's ongoing denial of the Armenian Genocide is consistent with an unbroken Islamic supremacist pattern: never, ever admit wrongdoing; never, ever take responsibility for actions that cause harm; never, ever acknowledge that jihad actions (such as the Armenian Genocide) cause immeasurable suffering to human beings; always, always instead blame the kuffar who have the temerity to point out the wrongdoing.

And Obama, who counts Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a friend, falls right in line.

"Armenian ‘orphan rug’ is in White House storage, as unseen as genocide is neglected," by Philip Kennicott for the Washington Post, October 21 (thanks to AINA):

The rug was woven by orphans in the 1920s and formally presented to the White House in 1925. A photograph shows President Calvin Coolidge standing on the carpet, which is no mere juvenile effort, but a complicated, richly detailed work that would hold its own even in the largest and most ceremonial rooms.

If you can read a carpet’s cues, the plants and animals depicted on the rug may represent the Garden of Eden, which is about as far removed as possible from the rug’s origins in the horrific events of 1915, when the fracturing and senescent Ottoman Empire began a murderous campaign against its Armenian population. Between 1 million and 1.5 million people were killed or died of starvation, and others were uprooted from their homes in what has been termed the first modern and systematic genocide. Many were left orphans, including the more than 100,000 children who were assisted by the U.S.-sponsored Near East Relief organization, which helped relocate and protect the girls who wove the “orphan rug.” It was made in the town of Ghazir, now in Lebanon, as thanks for the United States’ assistance during the genocide.


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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: armenia; calvincoolidge; everheardofkeywords; kenyanbornmuzzie; russia; turkey; waronterror

1 posted on 10/26/2013 5:25:16 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Kemal Irkaturk?

2 posted on 10/26/2013 5:33:03 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: markomalley

This leaves me speechless.


3 posted on 10/26/2013 5:37:27 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: markomalley

“irking Turks”? Say that three times fast!


4 posted on 10/26/2013 5:44:24 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: markomalley

That makes him the equivalent of a Holocaust denier. If the US were anywhere near the beacon of light for liberty and justice, we would have built a memorial long ago. Instead this has been left out of the text books and few Americans even know it occurred. It makes people like Obama a willing accomplice.


5 posted on 10/26/2013 5:52:35 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: markomalley
Can there be any doubt left?
6 posted on 10/26/2013 5:55:23 AM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: markomalley

The Islamic terrorists shot bullets through babies’ heads
to see how many they could kill at once with 1 bullet.

And the Tyrant wants to cover it up.
Sounds like SSDD.


7 posted on 10/26/2013 5:55:23 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: markomalley

Noat a big fan of young Armenian males, but this stinks. However, hussein can write them off because they usually tend to vote conservative.


8 posted on 10/26/2013 6:46:58 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: markomalley
If you're outraged at the revisionism Traitorobama did here, just read about what Traitorobama has in store for your kids' educaion with Common Core (other than learning about sex in kindergarten from an NEA sodomite).
9 posted on 10/26/2013 6:55:14 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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10 posted on 10/26/2013 6:59:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: markomalley

Not only the turks, but he is acting like a Muslim would — again.


11 posted on 10/26/2013 7:06:19 AM PDT by expat2
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To: markomalley

I guess this thread will bring Serdar Argic back online...


12 posted on 10/26/2013 7:26:30 AM PDT by Kenton
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To: markomalley

In 2010 Erdogan actually threatened that if the US called the Armenian genocide a “genocide”, he would respond by deporting all the Armenians in Turkey to Armenia.

And the US had better not call that “ethnic cleansing” or he would really stomp his feet and get irked.

As someone noted, Muslims are seemingly unable to admit to mistakes that have terrible human consequences. It goes against the entire “Islamic superiority” paradigm to admit it when they behave abominably.


13 posted on 10/26/2013 7:33:21 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Welfare is the new euphemism for Eugenics.)
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