Obama Again Betrays Pledge to Recognize Armenian Genocide

WASHINGTON—President Obama, once again, used euphemistic language and verbal gymnastics to characterize the murder of 1.5 million Armenians in his annual April 24 remembrance day statement, breaking his pledge as Senator and Presidential candidate to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide as President.

“President Obama today completed his surrender to Turkey, shamefully outsourcing U.S. human rights policy to a foreign state, and tightening Ankara’s gag on American recognition of the Armenian Genocide,” said ANCA chairman Ken Hachikian. “The President’s capitulation to Turkey—on this, the last April 24th of his term—represents the very opposite of the principled and honest change he promised to Armenian Americans and to all the citizens of our nation. President Obama’s pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide stands today as a stark lie, a painful promise etched on the hearts of all who had hoped and worked for change, but who, today, have been betrayed by a politician who failed to live up to his own words.”

Obama’s Pledge to Recognize the Armenian Genocide

As Senator and presidential candidate, President Obama consistently and repeatedly urged former President Bush to properly characterize the Armenian Genocide, and pledged, as President, to recognize that crime.  In a January, 2008, statement, then Senator Obama clearly stated, “as President, I will recognize the Armenian Genocide.”

To review then Senator Obama’s complete record on Armenian Genocide affirmation related issues, click here.

International Affirmation of the Armenian Genocide

Over 20 countries and 42 U.S. states and have properly recognized the Armenian Genocide, the listing of which follows.

Countries: Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, The Vatican and Venezuela.  Other International Affirmation includes the European Parliament and the UN Subcommission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.

U.S. States: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

The U.S. House adopted Armenian Genocide legislation in 1975 and 1984 and included reference to the crime in House adopted amendments in 1996 and 2005. More recently, the House Foreign Affairs Committee has passed Armenian Genocide legislation in 2007 and 2010.

4 Comments

  1. May be it is the time for Armenia to recall its ambassador in protest right after Obama’s speech.

  2. As I said before.. once a coward, always a coward.. and how unfortunate that we fell for his lies… no more ever again..

  3. Obama is a liar just like every other politician they all look after their own interest about Armenians they don’t care about anyone other than their own politics.
    So whether Obama is sitting president or any person off the street nothing will change.
    I lost my faith in American politics so long ago that I do not believe anything they say anymore.

  4. Four years ago the Armenian community were all cheering/electing Obama based on his promisses to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, while I was warning the same Armenians not to fall for his false promisses. Now add that to his incredibly poor overall performance over the past 4 years,still blamimg Pres. Bush for all that, and he still is shamefully trying to pour his charm to be re-elected.

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