[Steve_Seattle]

What the hell are these atrocities in Turkey that he is talking about?

[katana]

Refers I think to two million or so dead Armenians in 1902. Did happen and we had nothing to do with it since the government at the time was a Sultanate of the Ottoman Empire.

In other words, it was a Muslim genocide waged against a Christian population.

Our longtime alliance is with the present government of Turkey, which is a parliamentary democracy. While it certainly is not perfect, and has been woefully derelect in acknowledging this past crime, it remains hugely better than any government in any other Muslim country.