I disagree. Actually, it has everything to do with Iraq. And if passing this resolution would harm even one of our soldiers in Iraq, then it's a bad resolution at a bad time. I don't consider saving US military lives to be a "bogus excuse". Why do you? Your personal family issue notwithstanding, that's still no reason to wish for something that would ultimately cause harm to our military.
It has everything to do with Iraq?
Let’s see:
What do you suppose, then, was the reason for disallowing resolutions recognizing the genocide by the government in the 1920s? How about the 1930s? How about the ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s?
For fear of harm to our troops all those decades too?
Looks like Turkey’s multimillion dollars spent lobbying all these decades have paid off well.
Of course, there’s really no reason now, then, to be outraged at Ahmadinijad, et al. for denying the Holocaust, is there?