Obama again fails to recognize Turkey's genocide against Armenians with the right word
Obama, kowtowing to the Turks again, has refused to use the word "genocide" when referring to the tragedy that took place during WW1 (via Eye on the World):
Chuck DeVore writes about this subject at Red State.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (NYT) — President Obama, who as a candidate vowed to use the term genocide to describe the Ottoman slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians nearly a century ago, once again declined to do so on Saturday as he marked the anniversary of the start of the killings. [...]We need a poll to learn just how many Armenian-Americans are going to vote for him now that he's shown some more of his dishonesty, all for the sake of appeasing the Turks.
When he was running for president and seeking votes from some of the 1.5 million Armenian Americans, Mr. Obama had no qualms about using the term genocide and criticized the Bush administration for firing an ambassador who dared to say the word. As a senator, he supported legislation calling the killings genocide.
“As president I will recognize the Armenian Genocide,” he said in a statement on Jan. 19, 2008, that used the word 10 more times. He said that “the Armenian Genocide is not an allegation, a personal opinion, or a point of view, but rather a widely documented fact.” He added, “An official policy that calls on diplomats to distort the historical facts is an untenable policy.”
Two years later, as president, he used none of that sort of language, though as he did a year ago, he hinted to Armenians that he still felt the same way. “I have consistently stated my own view of what occurred in 1915, and my view of that history has not changed,” he said. “It is in all of our interest to see the achievement a full, frank and just acknowledgment of the facts.”
Chuck DeVore writes about this subject at Red State.
