USA: Elections are over, yet nothing has changed

After the recent breakdowns the USA suffered on the international scene, it is very important for the USA, that Turkey joins the EU.

After any elections no fundamental or sudden changes have ever occurred in the US foreign policy. According to the Constitution, it is determined by the President, and is executed by the Secretary of State, so President Bush will be responsible for the course of the US foreign policy unless he leaves the White House in January, 2009. This means, that the hope of the Armenian Community in America, about the Democrats recognizing the Armenian Genocide of 1915, or making the Turks open the Armenian-Turkish borders, is quite unreal.

November 18, 2006

PanARMENIAN.Net - Once again taking advantage of the votes of the Armenian Diaspora, the American politicians prefer to go on pursuing their own course, offering the Armenians a glimmer of hope from time to time. Alas, this is the reality. In this sense, the optimistic views of the Armenian Diaspora about the Democrats coming into power in the House of Representatives and US Senate in the result of the interim elections is not understandable. No country, and, all the more, the United States will ever be guided by unreal ideas of justice. According to the US Ambassador to Great Britain Robert Tuttle, all the Presidents, including President Bush, have carried out and will go on to carry out discussions with the Congress about the trends of the US foreign policy. According to the Republican Leaders, "The US foreign policy tends to abolish the outcomes of the Ottoman Empire in the USSR". This is exactly how they explain their invasion to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the fact of not recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey. After the recent breakdowns on the international scene it is extremely important for the USA, that Turkey joins the EU, and they are ready to shut their eyes on almost everything, that goes on in the negotiations between Turkey and EU. It should be mentioned that the matter of the Armenian Genocide and the opening of the Armenian-Turkish borders are not of paramount importance, the Cyprus question and changes in Turkey's Criminal Code, and in the notorious Article 301, in particular, are questions of more importance. Regarding the latter, the Prime Minister of Turkey R. Erdogan, expressed himself rather clearly, "The Article 301 will not contradict the freedom of speech and will not do any harm to the negotiations with the EU." This is obviously done on the advice of the US, who persistently wants to incline Europe into an alliance with Turkey, which is fraught with unpredictable outcomes.

It must be mentioned that by Ottoman Turkey other Arabic countries are also meant, which, as it is known, were once conquered by Turkey. "Turkey is an exception, it has been the strategic partner of the USA over the last 60 years, and the fact that the "empires of evil" do not exist any more, changes nothing in the region", the Republicans claim. Somehow they are right; there is still sufficient oil in the region to be used for wars for the "vital interests of the US", something which is fulfilled with alternating success. Let us add the supreme Jewish lobby to it, which exists and affects all the levels of the political and social life of the USA. Having such power, the American politicians simply do not have time and any wish to take upon the matters, concerning Armenia; after all Armenia has no oil, no gas.

This is why optimism towards victory of the Democrats is exaggerated. One more circumstance must be mentioned; the situation where one political party only control, in any case, one House of Congress, and the President is the representative of the other party, often is very handy for the Americans. The experience shows, that some of the most important and most effective legislative acts were adopted by the Congress and signed by the President exactly during such years.