[zipper]

It’s pretty well documented by now that Woodrow Wilson used the Constitution as toilet paper. He harassed, locked-up, deported and drove into exile MANY people who opposed him.

Not to mention it was US policy to look the other way during the Armenian genocide in Turkey, taking place openly in the streets in plain view. The American press there at the time refused to cover it -- in cooperation with the US government.

[Romulus]

It’s US policy ALWAYS to look the other way when Christians are being oppressed by unbelievers.

[dsc]

“it was US policy to look the other way during the Armenian genocide in Turkey, taking place openly in the streets in plain view. The American press there at the time refused to cover it — in cooperation with the US government.”

Wasn’t there, haven’t studied it, but my mother always talked about how her mother told her and her brother to eat all their food because there were “starving Armenians” who would love to have it.

I rather got the impression that “starving Armenian” was often heard.

[jjotto]

Germans were technical advisors to the Turks on murdering Armenians, although to be fair there were some German whistle-blowers too.

I discovered a trove of adult Sunday school newsletters from the time that covered the massacres in great detail. So American Christian missionaries there and churches here were well aware.

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Not to mention it was US policy to look the other way during the Armenian genocide in Turkey, taking place openly in the streets in plain view. The American press there at the time refused to cover it -- in cooperation with the US government.

US Ambassador to Constantinople Henry Morgenthau Sr. was deeply troubled by the atrocities committed against the Armenians and was among those who sought to rouse the world's conscience in response. The plight of the Armenians triggered an unprecedented public philanthropic response in the United States, involving President Woodrow Wilson, Hollywood celebrities, and many thousands of Americans at the grassroots level who volunteered both domestically and abroad and raised over $110 million (over $1 billion adjusted for inflation) to assist Armenian refugees and orphans. Source

The Turks were on the German side. The US press did cover the massacres when they were going on and when US reporters were still allowed in the country. But most Americans knew little about Armenia and tended to view what was going on there as a sideshow to the main event in France. After the war, it was common to dismiss the wild stories of atrocity as propaganda, so some real atrocities were forgotten.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Why is there so much anti-American nonsense on this thread?

“Many well-known newspapers in the English language such as The Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, The Montreal Gazette, and others also reported extensively about the events. It is believed that The New York Times published thousands of articles pertaining to the Armenian massacres between 1894-1922 and 124 articles in 1915 alone.[5][7]”

“It is noted that newspapers such as The Washington Post and The New York Times reported on the Armenian massacres almost daily for over a year.[9]”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_coverage_during_the_Armenian_Genocide