One would think that holding Turkey accountable for its crimes against humanity and acknowledging the events of 1915 would be in tune with Jews. After all, they met a similar fate, which was seemingly inspired by the world's lack of care for the Armenian Genocide. But politics always goes before humanity:
A member of the Jewish lobby in the United States said “if Turkey doesn't do something, the Armenian genocide bill will pass in the U.S. Congress despite our best efforts to block it...”Hard to believe, huh? Well, not really. Of course, from the point of view of justice, historical fact, human rights, and so on, it is ridiculous and filthy what these people are preparing for. But why are Jewish politicians so close to Turkey?
In his words, neither the Jewish lobby nor President George W. Bush's last-minute efforts will stop the bill.the U.S. Jewish lobby which has always managed to block the Armenian genocide bill in the past has warned the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to “either do something or be ready to face the consequences.”
...he didn't even want to imagine what it would be like if Turkish-U.S. relations were further crippled by the Armenian bill after the row over Iraq. U.S. diplomats express similar concerns. However, the bill has already turned into a scare for the Jewish lobby in the United States. The only hope, for now, is Turkey's opening up its border with Armenia. Thus, the year 2007 is pregnant with a crisis that would leave even crises over the presidential elections and the general elections in the shadow, with the Jewish lobby already warning the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the yet unborn child.
It's easy, really: the United States, Turkey, and Israel have a strong alliance together. Turkey was one of the first countries to recognize Israel as an independent country, and since then it has remained a close political and military ally. Turkey also benefits the United States due to its strategic location and secular (relatively speaking) government, providing the superpower with bases from which to wage wars and protect its interests in the generally unstable region. For all this, Turkey receives money, investments, other economic aids, weapons, training, and much more, and enjoys the company of two very powerful countries.
Hypocrisy has never been so clear.
Source: PanArmenian
3 comments:
Re-read the post again and then comment. If you have a beef with the article, take it up with the source. One or two exceptions to the blog entry are not the rule and history is my witness to that.
Amos,
You need to read the several Ha'aretz articles lamenting the fact that the Jewish American Lobby is the prinicple actor in Armenian genocide denial as part of a very dirty deal with Turkey. This is discussed in Israel, it is not some conspiracy theory.
David
perhaps u r right, perhaps not.
However, most of the israeli jewish population supports the Armenians in their struggle for that bill. In our history books we study the event as the genocide and not less.
unfortunately, all this is a matter of money and personal interests (not even the national interests). so if you are right and there is a kind of anti lobbing - it is not caused of some national resons, but probably of the personal ones.
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