[dervish]

Not according to the foremost historian of our times of the near East, Bernard Lewis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCYz3IigNE0

What happened in Rwanda and is happening in Sudan are more accurately called Genocide.

What you have here is a rewriting of history and a moral equivalency most often seen on the left.

[SJackson]

You can draw on Bernard Lewis, I can draw on Henry Morgenthau. I'll draw on Raphael Lemkin, you'll draw on an equally credible source.

You won't convince me it wasn't genocide, to muddy the waters I think we committed genocide against Native Americans in certain instances, I likely won't be dissuaded from that opinion either.

But that goes to the heart of the issue, it's historical. And even today, in 2007 where radical Islam is a threat, of no real consequence. History is where it should be debated, not on the floor of the House with what I think are questionable motivations.

I admit, I'd be unable to vote against it.

And to supporters, let me clarify of no real consequence, I think efforts to bring financial institutions to answer for nonpayment of accounts and policies is completely legitimate. If efforts for compansation against Turkey can be made, fine, though that's up to Turkey, not the US. But this resolution addresses none of that.