GENOCIDE-THE-ONE-THAT-GOT AWAY
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It's World War I. The Ottoman Empire was close to entering the war on the side of the Allies, but (among other reasons) the British pull a fast one by not delivering on a warship paid for by the common folks, down to the pennies of poor Turkish schoolchildren. (War broke out, and the Brits figured they could make better use of their goods on hand... so they reneged on the deal.) Meanwhile, Germany smells blood and brilliantly steps in by making a pseudo-gift of a couple of warships. Result: the road is better paved for the Ottoman Turks to join the Central Powers, a decision that will ultimately seal the fate of the centuries-old empire.
The British were noted for demonizing the enemy... the Germans were referred to as "Huns," for example. Certainly, the Ottoman Turks were not let off the hook... it must not have been too tough to demonize an enemy that easily lent itself to demonization, since the days of the Crusades.
You'd think there would be a little originality in the American demonizing campaign
The HUN Attacks!
The usually false reports of massacres were a great foundation to build upon. (Armenians well learned the value of exploiting the "Christian" connection, accusing their Ottoman society — a society that was among the most tolerant of nations — of killing for religious reasons). American missionaries, unable to convert the Turks, shrieked these rumors of massacres... British journalists and historians ate it up. Those Armenians, especially, were being slaughtered right and left.
(After the war, some British historians such as Arnold Toynbee would somewhat apologize for being a little too hysterical on the issue. Unfortunately, the British government has not yet apologized to the Turkish government for the Britons' discredited Blue Book... even though Great Britain apologized to Germany in 1936 for the Britons' German version of the Blue Book.)
The war is over. The Versailles Treaty, as everyone knows, was terribly unfair, to the extent of sowing the seeds of Hitler's rise some dozen years later. As unfair as this treaty might have been for Germany, the Ottoman Turks had it far worse. Their right of self-determination... flying in the face of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points... would be taken away from them!
The Allies planned to carve out the remains of the Ottoman Empire amongst themselves. (Even decades before WWI had broken out.) The plan for the Turks was to live in what amounted to an Indian reservation. (Luckily for the Turks, this particular parallel to the American Indian did not come true.)
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It's World War I. The Ottoman Empire was close to entering the war on the side of the Allies, but (among other reasons) the British pull a fast one by not delivering on a warship paid for by the common folks, down to the pennies of poor Turkish schoolchildren. (War broke out, and the Brits figured they could make better use of their goods on hand... so they reneged on the deal.) Meanwhile, Germany smells blood and brilliantly steps in by making a pseudo-gift of a couple of warships. Result: the road is better paved for the Ottoman Turks to join the Central Powers, a decision that will ultimately seal the fate of the centuries-old empire.
The British were noted for demonizing the enemy... the Germans were referred to as "Huns," for example. Certainly, the Ottoman Turks were not let off the hook... it must not have been too tough to demonize an enemy that easily lent itself to demonization, since the days of the Crusades.
You'd think there would be a little originality in the American demonizing campaign
The HUN Attacks!
The usually false reports of massacres were a great foundation to build upon. (Armenians well learned the value of exploiting the "Christian" connection, accusing their Ottoman society — a society that was among the most tolerant of nations — of killing for religious reasons). American missionaries, unable to convert the Turks, shrieked these rumors of massacres... British journalists and historians ate it up. Those Armenians, especially, were being slaughtered right and left.
(After the war, some British historians such as Arnold Toynbee would somewhat apologize for being a little too hysterical on the issue. Unfortunately, the British government has not yet apologized to the Turkish government for the Britons' discredited Blue Book... even though Great Britain apologized to Germany in 1936 for the Britons' German version of the Blue Book.)
The war is over. The Versailles Treaty, as everyone knows, was terribly unfair, to the extent of sowing the seeds of Hitler's rise some dozen years later. As unfair as this treaty might have been for Germany, the Ottoman Turks had it far worse. Their right of self-determination... flying in the face of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points... would be taken away from them!
The Allies planned to carve out the remains of the Ottoman Empire amongst themselves. (Even decades before WWI had broken out.) The plan for the Turks was to live in what amounted to an Indian reservation. (Luckily for the Turks, this particular parallel to the American Indian did not come true.)
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Thursday, 18 August 2011
Armenian Genocide Lie « Plain Truth…
List of countries which recognized Armenian Genocide
Genocide recognition map
The countries colored in dark colors in the map have recognized and condemned the Genocide.
- Uruguay (A Parliamentary Resolution was adopted in 1965, followed by a Law adopted in 2004)
- Cyprus (A Parliamentary Resolution was adopted in 1982)
- European Union (Parliamentary Resolutions adopted in 1987, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005)
- Argentina (A Senate Resolution was adopted in 1993, followed by a Law adopted in 2004)
- Russia (A State Duma Resolution was adopted in 1995)
- Canada (Resolutions were adopted in 1996, 2002 and 2004)
- Greece (A Parliamentary Resolution was adopted in 1996)
- Lebanon (Resolutions were adopted in 1997 and 2000)
- Belgium (A Senate Resolution was adopted in 1998)
- France (Parliamentary Resolutions were adopted in 1998 and 2000, followed by a Law adopted in 2001)
- Sweden (A Parliamentary report of 2000)
- Vatican (In 2000