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By: justncredible

justncredible — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:57:21 +0000

it is the libtards trying to appease the Christians in that region, since they just gave kosovo to the muslims in armenia. 30 years ago kosovo had less than 10% muslim, now it is over 90%

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:03:14 +0000

Ah but Marc, when a US resolution is passed into an official federal bill it represents the opinion of this country (its government and its people). Therefore by association we are implying that "we condemn genocides, however we will close a blind eye if one of the countries we associate with commits it."

Marc, I COMPLETELY agree with your last paragraph. However, as I mentioned before the US must take an official stance just as it has in the past. Its like the game of convenience. Oh well it was convenient to condemn the Holocaust since we just fought the Germans (people tend to forget the little book Ford used to put in the glovebox of every ford automobile, "The International Jew" written by Ford himself… a VERY antisemetic book) but now since Turkey is our ally, we now find it convenient to not condemn such an act. If it isn't such a big deal, then why aren't our elected officials just passing this condemnation as fast as possible to NOT waste time and tax payer money? Ahhhhhh the fresh smell of politics and deep pockets.

As a student of the political sciences, it is obvious that our government will eventually acknowledge the Armenian Genocide as a Genocide. However, it is with the fight of such human rights groups that we bring it closer and closer. Look, the whole reason Armenians even want an acceptance of these events as Genocide is because with the US on board, pressure for an official Turkish apology becomes more viable.

As an Armenian, all I really care about is an apology from the Turkish Government. I don't want money, I don't want land, I don't want reparations. ONLY recognition. Please just say sorry for murdering 55 members of my grandfather's family and I will be completely content (without a shadow of a doubt).

thanks for responding!
-greg

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:03:14 +0000

thanks for responding!
-greg

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:03:14 +0000

thanks for responding!
-greg

By: john

john — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:44:59 +0000

Are you retarded?

By: bob

bob — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:49:15 +0000

Jake Threefeathers
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to what "research" do you refer- Marvel comics.
you should change your name to One Featherbrain.

By: Jake Threefethers

Jake Threefethers — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:31:00 +0000

Has it ever occurred to those ethnic-pandering buffoons in Congress to ask this question to the deep-pocketed, hate-mongering Armenian slicks : How many Turkish, Kurdish, Muslim, Jewish citizens of the Ottoman Empire were slaughtered by the rampaging, murderous Armenian goon squads?

A bit of research will show that the Armenian terror gangs of that era would make Osama bin Ladin and his hoodlums look like Mickey-Mouse operators.

By: Joe44

Joe44 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:41:57 +0000

Ron Paul has been a great congressmen but his statement on this issue did not condemn the United States for specific actions in the Middle East and the hundreds of millions of dollars of public money for a museum condemning a particular genocide, therefore, his statement seemed very weak and not convincing. If he had vigorously used his five minutes to specifically enumerate what the United States has done by intervening in the Middle East he would begin to start being convincing, instead he used sweeping generalizations which undercut his argument.

By: Concerned American

Concerned American — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:48 +0000

If we understood the Armenian genocide as an event whose perpetrators were rooted in the same ideology as Al-Qaeda, then the philosophy of burying our head in the ground about what is happening internationally is fundamentally wrong.

Furthermore, our very constitution owes its existence to opposition from old world persecution from which we collectively as Americans suffered. Therefore, it is not only an appropriate place to enshrine our values in opposition to the persecutions we faced in the old world, it is in fact the best place for us and it is part of the heritage of the United States to enshrine our opposition to old world persecution in our constitution and the legal system from which it derives. We should as a nation be fundamentally against genocide given that so many americans found their way to this country as a result of these horrific historical events. Therefore, as the legitimate representatives of our people, our government should voice our opposition to old world persecution and enshrine it in our laws as we did with the our constitution. With this approach, we will raise human dignity to a higher standard and educate and guide ourselves where we have been deficient as a society much like human rights and civil rights legislation continues to do today. Then perhaps our standards of human dignity will become a global standard and we will not be drawn into world wars or regional conflicts over it.

By: Foo Bar

Foo Bar — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:03 +0000

Actually if you followed Dr. Paul at all, you'd find that he's being absolutely consistent. And I'd be very surprised if his vote had anything to do with weapon sales, given his absolutely consistent voting record and speeches over the last 30 odd years.

By: Foo Bar

Foo Bar — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:03 +0000