Armenian Genocide Remembrance: Jews not impressed

1.5 million? And you call that a genocide?!! When I was a boy....

April 24th is the 94th Anniversary of The Armenian Genocide. On this day we honor those who perished in the first genocide of the 20th century. The numbers are so huge and the events so long ago that it is increasingly hard to put a face to such suffering -that is why hearing the testimony of 96 year old survivor Alice Shnorhokian is all the more powerful and important. Although Alice was only three years old when the genocide occurred she still speaks to us on behalf of over a million people lost.

 Turkey and some of her allies, including the United States, have not recognized the atrocities against the Armenian population of Turkey in 1915 as genocide. If we take the time to look at the documentary evidence and read the history there is no doubt that there was a systematic, racially and politically motivated campaign to eliminate a minority population in Turkey. Yet even nine decades later this is still a potent political issue and one that the US has religiously evaded as we value our strategic geographical relationship with Turkey.

Not a lot to joke about here, The only joke is that our gov’t still hasn’t officially recognized this genocide because it’s not convenient. Maybe we don’t start counting til it gets to 5 million.–BEREZ

               
Posted Under: Armenian genocide, Holocaust, Jews
This post was written by BerezObama on April 24, 2009 Comments (0)