Reminders of the Armenian Genocide

The world is not waiting with breath held for an American president to declare the Armenian Genocide a genocide, history has already decided that. When the current president had made the campaign promise, (also here) to do so, he or his associates were it seems not aware that one day they had to face the same thuggery as had the Armenians. Now with Turkish bullies about, plans and hopes for the rebirth of the Ottoman Empire and the march of Islamization that abruptly ended after World War 1 continues. Short of calling the event a genocide, the president apparently attempts to move to what he perceives as a moderate position last week by calling this genocide "one of the worst atrocities" of the twentieth century and a "devastating chapter of history" as if to put this all in the past.

The Armenian Genocide was not only one of the worst atrocities of the twentieth century, it was one of the worst in the history of humankind. Of course it was a devastating chapter of history but the chapter is not completely written as the living Armenians are still at risk since the forces in Turkey that led to the Genocide are being rekindled.  No, Nationalistic Muslim Turks do not view this new position as moderate or conciliatory. In their view a moderate statement would be "the genocide did not happen" or "the Christian Armenians were traitors and deserved this annihilation" and thus have called the president's statements through the Turkish foreign minister as "unacceptable".


Of course it was one the worst atrocities, of course it was devastating, of course it was the Muslim Turks that perpetrated this unspeakable crime against God and man.

Brief starting point for this histororical event: Armenian Genocide


"After World War I the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) - more commonly known as the "Young Turks" - decided to carry out a genocide against the Armenian people under Ottoman control. It is estimated that one and a half million Armenians were massacred between 1915 and 1923, out of the previous population of around two million. The Armenians were subjected to torture, massacre and expropriation of their wealth. The great majority of the Armenians were forced from their homes in Armenia and Anatolia and left to die of hunger and thirst in Syria where they fled.


There was a strong outcry in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Russia against the mistreatment of the Armenians. The Allies demanded that the Young Turks be tried for warcrimes. However, there was no intervention beyond helping the small remainder of the Armenians who were still alive in Syria. After the war there were no restitutions to the Armenian people for their loss of wealth and human lives by the Ottomans."

Excerpt from: http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/history/ottoman.htm