I believe the Turks started WWII on the Axis side. The changed when they saw the tide turn. They were on our side during hte Cold War for their own interest. They didn't let thye US attack Iraq from their territory. I wouldn't exactly see them as all that helpful. They are trending to an Islamic from a secular one.
>>I believe the Turks started WWII on the Axis side.
Neutrals all the way, IIRC. They never joined the Axis, not even when the Wehrmacht moved into Greece.
ColdWar, well, we did use their land to place the Thor(?) missiles and even ran reconaissance flights over the Soviet Union from there.
Anyway, if Congress wants to pass symbolic resolutions on foreign policy, that’s their right.
And it’s not as if Obama wanted this passed, it’s just that his own party didn’t listen to him and went its merry way.
It may well be satisfying to the US Diaspora, but the nation of Armenia just took it on the chin.
They wanted normalization of relations with Turkiye, a process that was about to reach a successful conclusion......
And the US Congress is pushing them further in that direction with resolutions on Armenian genocide that are just meant to win votes for Congressmen.