We should definitely tip-toe around the fact that the Turks murdered 1.5 Million people, otherwise they won’t be our friends anymore.
In fact let’s not mention it for another ninety years.
I cannot accept that whitewashing history to appease Muslim fanatics is going to make the world a better place. On the contrary - if we censor ourselves we just end up torpedoing our own cause. The war on Terror is a War of Ideas - if no-one is willing to point to the murderous fanaticism of Islam then America will slide further into “Abu-Ghraib, blame America first” mode.
While we’re at it, why don’t we issue a stack of resolutions insulting all of our allies for things that happened a century ago or more?
And why shouldn’t they issue similar resolutions about American Indians?
“We should definitely tip-toe around the fact that the Turks murdered 1.5 Million people, otherwise they won’t be our friends anymore.”
My word. What a dumb analysis. How would you feel if the Turkish parliament passed a motion today condeming you as a modern American for the massacre of native americans?
Probably the same as I would as a modern Britain for someone trying to bring up the Irish potatoe famine as an event with modern relevence. I would tell them where to get off.
The Turkish secular approach to Islam since Kamel Attaturk took power is a model to be copied all over the Middle East if we are to have any chance of avoiding armageddon in the next decaded or two. Over the last few years Attaturk’s legacy seems to be getting lost to the fundamentalists - so what is the smart thing for the west to do? Push them down the slipperly slope faster with this kind of liberal BS forcing historical guilt?
It’s not a secret. Everybody on the planet knows, although most don’t know where Turkey or Armenia are on the map. Turkey has internal political problems way worse than the USA has and this action would feed that.
Well the Irish defensibly claim that at least 1 million perished in the Irish holocast. A quarter of that number of Boer farmers perished in concentration camps and the war of British conquest in South Africa. Multi millions died when Britian decided India was becoming unprofitable. I notice no effort to haul Queen Elizabeth into the dock. Why this resolution against the Turks, absolutely the first secular and truly ANTI SHARIA Muslim state? And why now?