On Genocide and the Subterfuge of the Democrats

On October 10, the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted 27-21 passing House Resolution 106 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.res.106:), recognizing the Armenian Genocide of 1915 (more information can be found at http://www.genocide1915.info/).

On the surface, this seems to be the right thing to do. After all, man's inhumanity to man should be subject to the light of truth and it is through our full understanding of history that we may avoid the doom of repetition.

However...

Did you know that there is a long history of our recognition of the Armenian Genocide, including resolutions from Congress, statements of presidents (including the current President), and diplomatic actions in the UN (see findings in the resolution, especially #2, 3, 9-13, 17, 20-25, 27-29).

So...

Why is the House once again bringing this to the floor over 80 years later?

Answer, they are using the suffering of the Armenian people in the past as a strategy to undermine the war in Iraq. What an inhumane use of such a terrible part of history--to forward their subterfuge and deceitful actions. They are unwilling to address their grievances directly (see last post on Hate Crimes) because they fear the electorate, so they find some backdoor way to do what they want...be damned who or what they use and the moral depravity they show in the use of these people.

The current Turkish government does not recognize the Armenian Genocide--BIG DEAL!!! It is generally accepted and recognized throughout the world, and also by former regimes of the Turkish government. The post-World War I Turkish Government indicted the top leaders involved in the `organization and execution' of the Armenian Genocide and in the `massacre and destruction of the Armenians' and in a series of courts-martial, officials of the Young Turk Regime were tried and convicted, as charged, for organizing and executing massacres against the Armenian people.

The US government does not recognize its part in genocide either--in fact, we only signed the international treaty on genocide--the CPPCG (Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide)--with the proviso that no claim of genocide could be brought against the US at the International Court of Justice without its consent. Under the definitions of the CPPCG, the US Government is guilty of the Genocide of Native Americans. I see no resolution in the House to recognize this...

So, the current regime does not recognize the genocide--why bring it up now and put pressure on Turkey?

Answer: The Dems don't like the war in Iraq, but are unwilling to cut funding (the only option available to Congress after a declaration of war that does not take a 2/3rds majority. The other options--peace treaty (2/3 of Senate) and impeachment (1/2 of House, but 2/3 of Senate needed for removal) take super majorities that ARE NOT POLITICALLY VIABLE AT THIS TIME), so we will act with subterfuge and damage the war effort another way.

This is a dishonorable way to undermine the war effort. It is morally reprehensible to use the victims of such a crime in order to get their way. If this passes the House and causes Turkey to rescind its cooperation in the logistical support for the war, the blood of countless soldiers will be on the hands of the Democrats.