Turkey begins another fight against United States’ recognition of the Armenian Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net - However, that has nothing to do with the Speaker, or with the White House administration, which now more than ever hardly desires strained relations with Turkey, and consequently with the whole Islamic world. Thus, recognition or non-recognition of the Armenian Genocide is a matter of human pragmatism and not a matter of morality for the United States.

Turkey knows it perfectly well, and all this hype raised in the American and Turkish press only aims at preparing Armenia for the inevitable. That is, the Committee will approve and send it to the House for voting. But because for final conclusion 228 votes are necessary and this number cannot be reached even in the near future, it can be assumed that this time too adoption of Resolution 252 will be indefinitely shelved. We once wrote and would like to repeat that this resolution is simply a House Resolution. It is not a law, but is simply statement of a fact and nothing more. And the Diaspora is at least naïve to believe that adoption of the resolution, even in the form it now is, can make Turkey recognize the Armenian Genocide. They say times have changed and the USA may be ready to go rather far for normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. But the question is how far the Obama administration will actually go and how good these steps will appear to be for the Armenian people in general. It goes without saying that evil must be punished and remembrance of victims of the monstrous massacre should not become a bargaining chip. But, unfortunately, it is exactly what recognition of the Armenian Genocide has recently become for the USA and other countries. Let us note that the Genocide has been recognized only by those countries, which do not depend on Turkey. And cruel fate of the Armenian people has long been a bargaining chip in the hands of the powerful, this situation lasting for 95 years already. Or, at least, so it looks, if emotions are left aside. By the way, emotions only deteriorate the situation, and we should follow the example of Turkey, which simply says: it’s up to you to decide whether to adopt the resolution or to utter the word “genocide” on April 24. But do not be offended if, after it, the United States is considered an enemy, or at least an unfriendly country, to Turkey and even to all of the Middle East.