This paragraph from today’s NYT tells you one reason that Howard Berman and others pushed through the resolution on the Armenian genocide:
Turkish analysts have expressed concern that newly strained Israeli-Turkish relations would hurt their country’s case among Israel’s allies in the House [i.e., the Israel lobby] during wrangling over whether to move the resolution forward.
But Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said that he believed the fears were misplaced and that a more salient factor in halting the resolution might instead be Turkey’s throwing its support behind new sanctions on Iran that are being pushed by the United States.
The Israeli lobby pushes these buttons to tell Turkey that if it chooses to downgrade diplomatic relations with Israel, its relations with the U.S. are at risk. Infuriating. So Howard Berman, tell us, what interest of the American people was furthered with this inflammatory non-binding resolution? Did you put Israel’s interests first, or that of the Americans who elected you to higher office?
Foxy Abe Foxman chimes in that Turkey should support sanctions against Iran to make this go away. And they said Walt & Mearshimer were delusional when they said Israel has co-opted the American political process? WTF??
link to anca.org
Re: Foxman . . . he was against it before he was for it . . .
Israel Lobby’s 23-22 narrow victory on blaming the Turkish nation for the 1915 mass-killing of Armenian subjects of the Ottoman Empire – has brought great joy to the racist leaders of the Zionist entity but many in Obama administration fear that the resolution has angered Ankara and would make it almost impossible for Washington to get approval of the UN Security Council, next month, in order to put new “Crippling” sanctions against Islamic Iran under Israeli dictation.
In addition to the five permanent UNSC members with veto power (the US, France, Britain, Russia and China) – the current ten non-permanent members are; Turkey, Bosnia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Brazil, Mexico, Austria, Uganda, Gabon and Japan. The UNSC needs a 9-member majority without a veto to approve the sanctions against Tehran. China refuses to go along Washington’s Zionist agenda against Tehran, so is Brazil, Turkey, Bosnia and Lebanon. However, lately, Moscow under economic and political pressure, seems to be willing to come abroad Israeli boat.
Israeli dilemma on “Crippling” sanctions against Iran
link to rehmat1.wordpress.com
Although honestly, who’s going to take the US Congress all that seriously on issues like this? In a few years, the rest of the world will be talking openly about the mass slaughters we did to Muslims in our failed imperialistic bid to dominate the Middle East. Because they’ll stop fearing us (kind of like they’ve stopped respecting us) after the US economy implodes completely.
I agree; with every step it has taken for decades, the US Congress on the I-P issue and
tangent issues arising because ot it, such as recognizing the Armenian Genocide, and conversely, not recognizing the Gaza Turkey Shoot or the Nakba, the US congress
is the collective Emperor wearing no clothes. The only ones who don’t see the bare
ugliness are those benefiting from the nakeness.
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I say Turkey take the assault regarding the Armenian genocide, sweep it under the rug of the past with proper reparations, and then go full steam ahead into Gaza. Use their willingness to address this issue of what happened in the earlier part of the 20th century, and then shine a light on what is happening NOW with what Israel is doing. This will help to bust this situation wide open.
Turkey is already midway in its recognition of the massacre. The Turkish government has acknowledged that the event did, in fact, occur.
BUT
It did not characterize it as a genocide, per se. It tried to claim that it happened in the fog of war and that it wasn’t premeditated.
Whether it was premeditated, or not-intentional is irrelevant at this point. What Turkey should do — like you said — is take responsibility for its own actions and acknowledge that it committed a crime, a massacre, an ethnic cleansing and pay reparations if needed.
I say, own up to it and move on to Gaza. Take the wind out of Israel’s sails of blackmail. To surrender to Israel’s pressure would be equal to committing two wrongs; that is to say, not acknowledging the Armenian genocide and not helping the Gazans.