Posted on 10/16/2007 8:13:03 PM PDT by Ooh-Ah
... Make no mistake: I'm on the Armenian side in the court of history. ...
...It's not the wording - but the timing.
Legislation similar to this has come up repeatedly in Congress, yet it's always been defeated - in 2000, because of pressure from the Clinton administration. But if the resolution passes the House and Senate now, the Turks plan to evict us from Incirlik airbase in southeastern Turkey, to halt our military over-flight privileges and to shut down the supply routes into northern Iraq.
That's what the Democrats are aiming at. This resolution isn't about justice for the Armenians. Not this time. It's a stunningly devious attempt to impede our war effort in Iraq and force premature troop withdrawals.
The Dems calculate that, without those flights and convoys, we won't be able to keep our troops adequately supplied. Key intelligence and strike missions would disappear.
...the loss of the base and those routes would definitely hurt our troops. Severely. And we'd be more reliant than ever on a single, vulnerable lifeline running from Kuwait.
It's a brilliant ploy - the Dems get to stab our troops in the back, but lay the blame off on the Turks. They pretend they're responding to their Armenian-American constituents - while actually moving to placate MoveOn.org.
For the Democrats in Congress, it looks like a cost-free strategy. For our troops? When did the Dems give a damn about our troops? This resolution isn't a stand in favor of historical justice. It's an end-run that ducks behind the bench. It's one of the most cynical betrayals in our legislative history - of our troops, of Armenian-Americans, of the Kurds under threat from the Turkish military and of the people of Iraq.
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The dem party needs to be outlawed and banned. This is pure treason.
Don't hold back, Ralph, tell 'em how you really feel. Way to go!
What nationality is Soros?
He was born in Hungary, like Lantos.
Thanks
As I have said before over the last several years, there are those in the upper echelons of power in the Democratic party that are hoping for more than defeat, they are hoping for more US military in coming home in body bags.
Dead US soldiers are good for the Dems, at least that’s the way they see it. Sick, isn’t it??
Like I always say, to the Dems the only Good American Soldier is a Dead American Soldier.
Pray for W and Our Victorious Troops
Republicans should counter with a resolution declaring the genocide in Rawanda to be abhorrent and the failure of the Clinton administration to do anything about it an abject disgrace.
bttt
There are other factors such as the political influence of lobbyists from the various diasporas resident in the U.S. Mexico, India, Red China,.. and Armenia. To name a few.
Today it was reported that the resolution is losing support.
I'm interested to see how the Armenian National Committee of America reacts
Ditto Armenia Diaspora dot com and the Armenia Diaspora lliving here in the States.
Will the Armenian Diaspora living here in the U.S. keep Armenian interests ahead of their "host" country's national security interests?
Sic.......
What skullduggery.
The president made a call to Pelosi, and she is “wavering.” This resolution never comes to a vote.
As an Armenian, Pelosi, and all those who voted for this resolution, should be charged with treason, tried and hung. The resolution is nothing more than the intentional act of putting our troops in danger, sabotaging the mission, and endangering the country itself.
Turkey is an ally of the U.S., my country. Despite being an Armenian, political reality for the good of the country and the mission dictates something other than what Pelosi has done. For the death of one U.S. soldier because of her actions, may she burn in hell.
I doubt very much that this camouflaged treason resolution is going to pass.
Not the Kurds, dummy.
The Turks are after the PKK; this guy supports Marxist terrorists?
Yes, see the State Department classification and search the Internet. Europeans too say that the PKK/KADEK/KGK, whatever name they are going by today, are terrorists.
If we lost 30,000 citizens to cross-border attacks from Mexican drug criminals this guy Peters would just shrug his shoulders?
Excellent post FRiend.
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