Before I begin, let me explain the meaning of this photo: it is of a starving mother and her child, taken sometime during the Genocide. Their fate was most likely death, which is far better than what the others received. Imagine if that was your helpless mother, sister, or wife.
As you know, I try my best to keep this blog from turning into one of the thousands of other Armenian websites dedicated to showing the horrors of the Genocide. I try to take a fair look at issues, at least as much as my heritage would allow me to. But I'm troubled by what the Armenian government is vigorously attempting to get: diplomatic relations with Turkey without genocide precondition. What saddens me even more is the clear motive behind this push: the opening of the Kars-Gyumri railroad, and lucrative economic participation with neighbors Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Georgia, as well as general economic and political gain.
Armenia is literally begging Turkey to open relations:
Armenia called for establishing diplomatic relations with Turkey without any preconditions, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan said...This is simply unacceptable. First and foremost, Armenia should impose a ban on ALL Turkish products and immediately halt anything entering the country, not just certain foods. And second, Armenia should under no circumstance enter into any talks - diplomatic or otherwise - with Turkey until it officially admits to the Genocide.
Kirakosyan added that since 1993, when Turkey closed its border with Armenia, the trade between the two countries had been realized via the territory of third countries and via air service.
We can't under any circumstance sell out our heritage. We can't sell out the lives of over 1,500,000 individuals - mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, grandparents, intellectuals, Armenians - for economic gain. The ends - which in our case would be greater trade, greater profit, greater taxation, greater military - cannot justify the means of dealing with the country responsible for the unrecognized atrocities against our people.
Source: Focus
