Posted on 04/24/2008 6:25:47 AM PDT by eleni121
This year commemorates the 93rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. In 1915, the ottoman empire under the auspices of the young turks carried out the first genocide of the 20th century and set a precedent for all future genocides.
One and a half million Armenians were systematically massacred as they were evicted from their homes onto the merciless deserts of eastern turkey and into the darkness of the Black Sea.
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a truly magnificent film ...
America America...Yes it is superb. I have written many letters in support of its being released in DVD format to no avail. That mission must be accomplished! It is a remarkable film!
The US needs to honor righteousness above profiteering. It may be that the millions of slaughtered Christian souls are no longer with us and the Turks are...but that fact does not preclude making a moral statement that the genocide happened and we honor and remember its victims. They are after all the ancestors of US citizens.
To do otherwise is immoral and self defeating.
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