Posted on 04/24/2010 10:49:23 AM PDT by Marty62
President Obama again declined to call the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians during World War I a genocide, instead on Saturday painting the massacre as "one of the worst atrocities" of the 20th century and "a devastating chapter" in history.
In a statement issued as he and first lady Michelle Obama spent a weekend getaway here in western North Carolina, the president marked the 95th anniversary of the start of the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks with strong words but intently avoided branding it genocide.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
World War One gave the Young Turk government the cover and the excuse to carry out their plan. The plan was simple and its goal was clear. On April 24th 1915, commemorated worldwide by Armenians as Genocide Memorial Day, hundreds of Armenian leaders were murdered in Istanbul after being summoned and gathered. The now leaderless Armenian people were to follow. Across the Ottoman Empire (with the exception of Constantinople, presumably due to a large foreign presence), the same events transpired from village to village, from province to province.
The remarkable thing about the following events is the virtually complete cooperation of the Armenians. For a number of reasons they did not know what was planned for them and went along with "their" government's plan to "relocate them for their own good." First, the Armenians were asked to turn in hunting weapons for the war effort. Communities were often given quotas and would have to buy additional weapons from Turks to meet their quota. Later, the government would claim these weapons were proof that Armenians were about to rebel. The able bodied men were then "drafted" to help in the wartime effort. These men were either immediately killed or were worked to death. Now the villages and towns, with only women, children, and elderly left were systematically emptied. The remaining residents would be told to gather for a temporary relocation and to only bring what they could carry. The Armenians again obediently followed instructions and were "escorted" by Turkish Gendarmes in death marches.
The death marches led across Anatolia, and the purpose was clear. The Armenians were raped, starved, dehydrated, murdered, and kidnapped along the way. The Turkish Gendarmes either led these atrocities or turned a blind eye. Their eventual destination for resettlement was just as telling in revealing the Turkish governments goal: the Syrian Desert, Der Zor. Those who miraculously survived the march would arrive to this bleak desert only to be killed upon arrival or to somehow survive until a way to escape the empire was found. Usually those that survived and escaped received assistance from those who have come to be known as "good Turks," from foreign missionaries who recorded much of these events and from Arabs.
http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Armenian_Genocide
History repeating.
Once again, it’s “opposite day” in the reverse parallel Obammy universe.
Well, duh! He is a moslem. The turks are moslem. Armenia was the first country to embrace Christianity.
It is again moslem attrocities against Christians.
He probably tried to Google “Armenians” to find out about it, but neither he nor Alice the Goon, his Ivy League spouse, could spell it.
Christians are 3/5 of a person... in Obamaworld.
Can we loose this guy already?
The American Armenian community still feels the pain beneath their scars, and this denial, pulls back the edges for fresh exposure.
This caliph-in-training does not see genocide, but necessary purging, and the Turks as aspirational models, who did not last long enough.
Is his lips moving? He’s lying.
http://www.barackobama.com/2008/01/19/barack_obama_on_the_importance.php
Barack Obama on the Importance of US-Armenia Relations
| January 19, 2008
I am proud of my strong record on issues of concern to the one and a half million Americans of Armenian heritage in the United States. I warmly welcome the support of this vibrant and politically active community as we change how our government works here at home, and restore American leadership abroad.
I am a strong supporter of a U.S.-Armenian relationship that advances our common security and strengthens Armenian democracy. As President, I will maintain our assistance to Armenia, which has been a reliable partner in the fight against terrorism and extremism. I will promote Armenian security by seeking an end to the Turkish and Azerbaijani blockades, and by working for a lasting and durable settlement of the Nagorno Karabagh conflict that is agreeable to all parties, and based upon America’s founding commitment to the principles of democracy and self determination. And my Administration will help foster Armenia’s growth and development through expanded trade and targeted aid, and by strengthening the commercial, political, military, developmental, and cultural relationships between the U.S. and Armenian governments.
I also share with Armenian Americans – so many of whom are descended from genocide survivors - a principled commitment to commemorating and ending genocide. That starts with acknowledging the tragic instances of genocide in world history. As a U.S. Senator, I have stood with the Armenian American community in calling for Turkey’s acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide. Two years ago, I criticized the Secretary of State for the firing of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, after he properly used the term “genocide” to describe Turkey’s slaughter of thousands of Armenians starting in 1915. I shared with Secretary Rice my firmly held conviction that the Armenian Genocide is not an allegation, a personal opinion, or a point of view, but rather a widely documented fact supported by an overwhelming body of historical evidence. The facts are undeniable. An official policy that calls on diplomats to distort the historical facts is an untenable policy. As a senator, I strongly support passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.106 and S.Res.106), and as President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Genocide, sadly, persists to this day, and threatens our common security and common humanity. Tragically, we are witnessing in Sudan many of the same brutal tactics - displacement, starvation, and mass slaughter - that were used by the Ottoman authorities against defenseless Armenians back in 1915. I have visited Darfurian refugee camps, pushed for the deployment of a robust multinational force for Darfur, and urged divestment from companies doing business in Sudan. America deserves a leader who speaks truthfully about the Armenian Genocide and responds forcefully to all genocides. I intend to be that President.
I look forward, as President, to continuing my active engagement with Armenian American leaders on the full range of issues of concern to the Armenian American community. Together, we will build, in new and exciting ways, upon the enduring ties and shared values that have bound together the American and Armenian peoples for more than a century.
In reading about the Sultan that ran the ottoman empire in Turkey. Amazingly it sounds alot like the practices of Zero.
Does Zero see himself as a Caliph.
Two thoughts:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that power in the Turkish government lies increasingly in the hands of those with Islamic leanings, even though the government is officially neutral. If true, this would, in my mind, explain why Mr. Obama is loath to annoy the Turks.
Second, Mr. Obama’s press sycophants are insulting my intelligence when they refer to a holiday at the Grove Park Inn as a typical middle class vacation. Middle class it’s not. This upscale resort was chosen strictly because it’s right smack in the middle of the leftist population that has taken over Asheville, NC. The president is adored there.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 1948 and came into effect in January 1951. It contains an internationally-recognized definition of genocide which was incorporated into the national criminal legislation of many countries, and was also adopted by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Convention (in article 2) defines genocide as “any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:”
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
The playbook is open. Let’s us become well versed in it so we can avert it before it happens.
Tyranny is a curse whose destruction follows an inscribed course.
is just a P.C. way of saying rabid muslims.
Yes I agree.
Disgraceful, but haven’t past presidents form both sides of the aisle done much the same?
When Turkey was a secular State I’m sure they didn’t feel the need to bring this up. But Turkey is leaving the Secular State Gov as the Muslims are gaining more and more power within the Gov.
I feel sorry for the remaining Armenian christians,(whom Mohammed supposedly promised safety, before they were slaughtered ) we know how dangerous the Islmofascist are and what is in their future.
Throw in white males and you have sub-humans.
I believe George Bush never would declare it a genocide either. Same for Clinton. No one wants to upset Turkey’s Muzzies who have a government that gets more fundamentalist ever day despite our kow towing
Yep Yep
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