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Not good. Who do we need more now as an ally the Turkish military of the (non-existent) Armenian military? Who do the House Reps think helped Israel destroy that Syrian nuclear facility? Hint: not the Armenians.

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The Armenian Army is part of the Multi-National Forces in Iraq. The Turks prevented our plans to move into Iraq from the north. Regarding Iraq, Armenia is on our side, while Turkey sides with Iran. I have little sympathy with Turkey.

This House resolution is morally right. But it comes to an bad time. The Turks are threatening to invade Kurdistan, and we just harshly asked them to stay away. I see little good in angering them with this resolution further.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Armenia

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It is good. They murdered one and a half million people. That fact needs to be made repeatedly to them. They committed genocide.

Who do the House Reps think helped Israel destroy that Syrian nuclear facility?

Turkey wants to survive that's why they helped the Isralies. Syria with a nuke? Not healthy for them either.

[Ancesthntr]

Not good. Who do we need more now as an ally the Turkish military of the (non-existent) Armenian military?

You mean the same Turks who wouldn't allow us to off-load and transit a division of our troops to Northern Iraq at the beginning of the war in 2003? How many of our soldiers lost their lives because of that?

I've got a lot of admiration for the Turks - they were steadfast allies against the Russkies during the Cold War, and their contingent of troops in Korea was one of the toughest outfits there. However,...

...the Turks need to get over it - they aren't to blame for what their great grandfathers did 90 years ago. It'd just be nice if they could say "hey, that was wrong, and we are sorry that it happened." No one is talking about reparations.