ANCA: Obama’s attempt to appease Ankara isolated Washington

PanARMENIAN.Net - The major Armenian organizations of the United States offered comments on another failure by President Obama to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide.

“The sad spectacle of President Obama playing word games with genocide, so obviously dodging the truth at the direction of a foreign power, falls beneath the dignity of the American people,” said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of America.

“Candidate Obama was right when he said that ‘America deserves a leader who speaks truthfully about the Armenian Genocide and responds forcefully to all genocides.’ He has, regretfully, proven to the world today that he is not that president. In fact, it’s now clear that President Obama’s misguided attempt to appease Ankara has only isolated Washington,” he added.

Meanwhile Bryan Ardouny, Executive Director of the Armenian Assembly of America, said: “President Obama's exercise in linguistic gymnastics on the American Genocide is unbecoming of the standard he himself set and that of a world leader today. One hundred years ago, a crime without a name took place. The definition of that shameful act can be found in the statement just released by the White House. When America stands apart from the European Parliament, Pope Francis, Germany, Austria, and the International Association of Genocide Scholars, we should pause and think about where we are as a nation. The world should know that while our President bowed to Turkish denial, Armenian Americans and other people of good conscience will never allow our history to be swept under the rug.”