You cannot erase history!

Recognizing the Armenian Genocide

South Florida Armenians post message on highway billboards for recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

See article in April 22, 2013 Sun-Sentinel:

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Clinton's Remarks on Armenian Genocide Offensive

Read this editorial by Harut Sassounian, Publisher of the California Courier on why Clinton should resign. As a Senator, Clinton supported the Armenian Genocide Resolution. However, at a meeting at the State Department in January 2012, she referred to the Genocide as "a matter of historical debate."


Editorial by the Publisher of the California Courier

President Obama and Sec. Clinton bow to Turkish pressure

Check out this excellent video from Serj Tankian featuring some of his musician friends. It's time for Pres. Obama to realize that not recognizing the Armenian Genocide is the same as denying it ever occurred.

Serj Tankian's You Tube posting

Obama Again Breaks Pledge to Recognize Armenian Genocide

President Obama has again broken his word to Recognize the Armenian Genocide. Once more, the Turkish lobby has prevailed and the American Government has caved to their demands. Frankly, it is sickening. So much promise from this President, and so much disappointment. I can only assume that he does not care what kind of world his daughters will live in. His actions show that it is acceptable to revise history when it is politically expedient. Shame on you, President Obama. Shame on all in the government who do not support recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

Below is a statement from the Armenian National Action Committee:

Despite a clear pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide as president of the United States, President Obama once again used euphemistic language to describe the murder of over 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Turkish government from 1915-1923.

You can express your deep disappointment to President Obama by sending a free ANCA WebMail right now. Follow the link to the ANCA website:

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Recognition of Armenian Genocide

The House Committee on Foreign Affairs voted last week on the Resolution to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The Resolution still must pass the full House. Please contact your local congressperson and make your voice heard in favor of this Resolution.



To read the New York Times article, click below:





http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/world/europe/05armenia.html?emc=eta1

New York Times article

On Friday, May 22, 2009 an article entitled "At Turkish Border, Armenians Are Wary of a Thaw" ran in the New York Times. Relations between the two countries remain strained because of the Turkish refusal to acknowledge the genocide of over a million and a half Armenians during World War I.


Click here to access the article

Another Blog about the Armenian Genocide

Check out this other blog posted by Lucy Setian, a journalist from Sofia, Bulgaria.

To see her blog click here

Do your part. Write to your Senators and congress person in support of United States recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

Armenian Genocide Recognition 2009

Please visit the ANCA web site for information on how to participate in the struggle for official recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

Click here: Armenian National Committee of America


Act now! Do not let another year go by.

Thanks for your support.

Letter to the Editor by the Deputy Majority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives

This excellent Letter to the Editor was written by Al Gemma, the Deputy Majority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, concerning our "ally" Turkey and appeared in The Beacon: Warwick Online (Warwick, Rhode Island):

http://warwickonline.com/warwickonline/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34566&Itemid=35

The Foreign Relations Committee House Resolution 106

To view the full text of the Foreign Relations Committee House Resolution 106 concerning the Armenian Genocide:

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:hr106ih.txt.pdf

Congressional Vote and The Washington Post

Pictured is Raphael Lemkin, a Polish Jew who is credited with coining the term "genocide." Lemkin was one of the first to warn the world about Hitler's plans to exterminate Jews in Europe as early as 1933 after studying the massacre of over one and a half million Armenians by the Turkish government in 1915.

Yet an editorial in The Washington Post actually used the words "frivilous" and "irrelevant" to describe the vote by the House committee to recognize the events of 1915.

I think it is the Post that is "frivilous" and "irrelevant."

Is history always to be ignored because it is not politically expedient?

Of course, the Post does not want to offend our "good friends" the Turks.

It's bad enough The United States under Bush kisses the ass of the Chinese and Saudis. Now you can add the Turks to that list.

I read a comment somewhere that the Armenian community is being deluded by the Democratic leadership. I think the Armenians know that both the Republicans and Democrats have broken promises time and time again. I doubt if Hillary or Obama would have the guts to stand up to the Turks. It's a sure bet that none of the Republican candidates would get their heads out of their asses long enough to say boo to the Turks.

The best that we as Armenians can do is to keep our voices loud and clear on this issue. At least a few million more people in this country have been educated about the genocide now since the Turks started their crying and whining and their apologists in this country started sounding off.

Keep up the good fight!

Your Voice Counts

Join the ANCA in contacting your elected representatives to urge them to co-sponsor and support the Armenian Genocide Resolution.

Also demand justice from Deutsche Bank and ask them to stop obstructing the return of stolen assets from the Genocide Era.

http://anca.org/anca_home.php

The Blog Catalog

http://www.blogcatalog.com/directory/politics

Armenian Poetry

For an excellent web site dedicated to Armenian Poetry, visit Daniel Janoyan's:

http://www.armenianpoetry.net/


For more on Armenian Poetry and Politics visit my other blog at:


http://michaelminassian.blogspot.com/

If you have a site related to Armenia or Armenian issues and would like to link to this page, send me an email at:

mikialminassian@yahoo.com

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L.A. Times Editor resigns

In large part due to the continuing controversy regarding his role in the denial of the Armenian Genocide, the L.A. Times Editor has resigned.

Reports say he is taking a job in Turkey (no joke and no surprise there).

For more on this story and background visit:

http://www.anca.org/

System of a Down Genocide Rally Video

Thank you, System of a Down, for helping bring this to everyone's attention . And thank you, whoever posted this on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpdujCrXCn4&mode=related&search=

An Open Letter to the Los Angeles Times

Around the April 24th commemeration of the Armenian Genocide Managing Editor Douglas Frantz of the Los Angeles Times killed a story on the Armenian Genocide. The basis he used for killing the story were allegations that the Armenian American reporter who wrote the article had a “conflict of interest.”

Visit the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) website to send a free WebFax to the Los Angeles Times calling for the resignation of Doug Frantz.

http://anca.org/action_alerts/actionalerts.php?aaid=112

As well as sending a fax, I sent my own Letter to the Editor submission to the L.A. Times. It has yet to appear on their website or in the print version of the newspaper.

Here is my letter:

To the Los Angeles Times:

The recent decision by the editor of the L.A. Times to pull an article about the Armenian Genocide by an Armenian reporter is a step in the right direction. However, your newspaper has missed a golden opportunity. Why not take the lead in revising history? Instead of merely squashing a story about the well documented genocide of Armenians by Turkey, the L.A. Times and your editors should set a precedent here and now. As such, I suggest you take things to their logical extremes:

• Do not allow any Jewish reporter to mention the Holocaust
  
• Do not allow any African American writer to mention slavery
  
• Do not allow any African correspondent to mention the Rwandan genocide or Darfur
  
• Expunge any article by a Southeast Asian who mentions Pol Pot
  
• Deny any Native American writer who mentions cowboys, Indians, or Gen. Custer
  
• While you are at it, why not delete the word genocide entirely from your newspaper?

I hope you will take my suggestions in the spirit they are given.

Sincerely, Michael Minassian