cspan just showed Condi press conf.-strongly urging House NOT to adopt

[rodeodance]

the armeian genocide resoluton.
Gates was with her in front of the WH. she took no questions

[rodeodance]

1. Gates stepped up to the mic to say the Troops get supplies thru Turkey.

[rodeodance]

3. cspan said Hoyer said it would be voted on oct 17

[Faygo Kid]

5. Then Turkey will have to accept the truth.

I have never seen such worries as those about Turkey's tender sensibilities in light of the slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians. Would we act the same if Germany denied the Holocaust?

[bdamomma]

12. you know this is BS because when this regime of ours wanted

to launch attacks from Turkey to Iraq, the Turks said NO to the US. What a bunch of idiots. sure Turkey is our ally, alot of sarcasm there.

And the Turks were not going to be accepted into the EU until they acknowledged the genocide of Armenians, I hope this bites Turkey and this disgusting administration in the ass. But again, is Turkey doing the US bidding and have some deal in mind to split up the oil revenues between Turkey and the disgusting * oil men. I won't doubt it at all.

[Faygo Kid]

2. Condi wrong again.

Am I alone here, or is anyone else sick and tired of Condoleeza Rice?

[rodeodance]

6. with Gates comment, if passed, it will clearly be NOT supporting the troops

[bdamomma]

14. you are not alone.

[bullimiami]

4. why exactly. to pander to turkey? this is almost 100 years ago.

isnt about time for even symbolic justice?

[rodeodance]

7. condi said detrimental to Iraq and afgan progress.

[rodeodance]

8. cspan also said the Bush held a news confer. earlier on this issue.

[rateyes]

9. So, genocide is OK if our supposed allies do it?

What a bunch of damned hypocrites.

[seemslikeadream]

13. Genocide is OK if we do it!!

[rateyes]

16. I hear you. Good point.

We would have nerve condemning someone for the very things we do, wouldn't we?

[bullimiami]

21. Im pretty sure the Ottoman Turks were not our allies. Get over it already Turkey.

Admit your ancestors did wrong and apologize for it.

[ck4829]

10. Hey Condi, planning on following those subpoenas and appearing before Congress anytime soon?

To answer questions about the Yellowcake forgeries.

[terisan]

11. The United States now has so little power we cannot issue a resolution acknowledging a genocide. nt

[rucky]

15. Why are we pushing this through?

Why now? There's got to be some political motivation for this.

[seemslikeadream]

17. This is why Armenian genocide resolution is such a big deal all of a sudden?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2014564

[rucky]

18. Turkey's really backing us into a corner...

in making the Biden plan work, if they won't accept a Kurdish state under the federalist system. I don't see how this resolution will help, though.

[Faygo Kid]

19. Some of us believe it's a moral imperative. And past time to do this.

If Turkey refuses to acknowledge what happened, then we need to stand up and affirm that it did happen, that it was wrong, and it was genocide. It's called civilization. Admittedly, the U.S. right now is an appalling example, but that doesn't mean this is the right thing to do. Now, or at any time.

Talk to some Armenian families about their history. See how much "political motivation" is behind their stories of the slaughter.

[rucky]

20. Silly genocidal me! n/t