Once Again, President Obama Breaks Promise to Call Armenian Genocide 'Genocide'

[Karmadillo]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/04/once-again-president-obama-breaks-promise-to-call-armenian-genocide-genocide.html

President Obama today again broke his promise to use the word “genocide” when describing the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians at the beginning of the last century.

“I have consistently stated my own view of what occurred in 1915, and my view of that history has not changed,” the president said in a statement today commemorating the genocide but not using the g-word. “It is in all of our interest to see the achievement a full, frank and just acknowledgment of the facts.”

In actuality, the only consistencies are that as a candidate Mr. Obama incessantly labeled the genocide as such and heralded himself for doing so, and since becoming president -- and suddenly having to deal with the a key ally, Turkey, which disputes that term -- he has refused to do so.

This was the case in April 2009 when he visited Turkey, and one year ago today for the same commemoration.

Last month the Obama administration even asked the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to cancel a vote scheduled on a bill recognizing the Armenian genocide. After speaking to Turkish President Abdullah Gül, the president had Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reach out to committee chairman Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif.

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[Loudmxr]

1. I still don't see why we let another country dictate to us on our own internal documents.

Go ahead Turkey throw a hissy fit. It wasn't even you. Except for that little "not allowing the genocide to be mentioned in your country" thing. It was the Ottomans. Who no one really liked in the first place.

Meanwhile I have to calm down my Armenian colleagues to please refer to "Turks" as the Turkish government instead of confusing it with Turkish Americans.

I need some help here in AMERICA Mr President.:smoke: