In Response to Sen. Kirk's Inquiries, Amb. Bass Falls Short of Genocide Affirmation; Clarifies U.S. Commitment to Restoring Ownership of Religious Property
WASHINGTON—"Advocating full respect for the rights of Turkey’s ethnic and religious communities, including restoring ownership of religious property, will be a very important priority for me and my staff," U.S. Ambassador to Turkey John Bass explained to Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) in response to a series of questions posed by the Ill
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I The Armenian genocide will be described as part of a political determination. Whatever artful term is used hundreds of thousands of children will never know their grand parents because of the planned evil of the Turkish government. This is the truth plain and simple.
Many Armenian children have suffered second hand from the stories of the horrific treatment of their grandparents by the Turks it is in our minds and hearts and will never leave us
The reason Mr.Bass Falls Short of Genocide Affirmation, because his boss politically is not comfortable with creation of word of Raphael Lemkin!He could lose his job, like honorable John Evans, before reaching the land of Midnight Express!
Although my ancestors were not subjected in Genocide by Turks, it is a very sensitive issue to me. I had hoped that President Obama as promisedon his campaigne trail to all Armenian Americans that upon his election, his aministration will recognize Armenian Genocide by the ” Young Turks” meaning Gamal. Essmat and Anvar Pashas and their henchmen including the supporting colonial powers. Instead, upon facing the Armenian community dismay and discouragement the President forgetting his promise call the Genocide an “atrocity”. I am an Democratic supporter but discouraged of the administration shift towards the Turks even after the collaps of Soviet Union. I understand US and Israel’s strategic alliance in the regional policies with respect to last 30 years developments in middle Eastern countries was tumultuous and difficult even as we see it today ineffective and un successful. Israeli’s as genocide victims themselves used to recognize Armenians as victims as well. It was unfortunate, following their master, benefactor or guarantor of their security in the region followed suit perhaps to dramatize that fact that they were the only victims of genocide in modern human history. To add insult to injury after discovery of hugege oil reserves in Azarbiejan the modern turkish governments became a darling of our administration. Guys like Erdogan need our military support,
billions of annual dollars assistance but did not permit we use their bases the first Iraq war (George Bush the elder) to protect the Kurds ( Their enemy)against Saddam’s genocide and now they are hiding when we need them to irradicate insurgency. I have bad news for Mr. Obama. Our darling turned into a prostitute. She sleeps with the enemy.
Disappointingly and as expected, John Bass was confirmed by the a senate vote of 98-0. Sadly no senator voted no to expose the President’s and the administration’s duplicity and dishonesty and flagrant play with words, even though Bass’s responses were incomplete, misleading and did not clearly and precisely answer the questions posed by the senators.
The most striking statement in Ambassador Bass’s response is:
“While the specific terminology the administration uses to refer to this tragedy is a policy determination made by the President”.
As I had previously commented, ambassadorial nominations and the process to confirm by the senate is a charade. Ambassadors are nothing but puppets that merely follow the instructions of the President and Secretary of State. Neither one has the courage, fortitude and moral integrity to do what is right.
A sad reality and deeply disappointing.
Vart Adjemian
Supposing,jusgt supposing all Azrmenian church properties(real estate) plus mainLY THE CHURCHES IN ANADOLOU(read Western Armenia)were returned .Who would form the congregation there,to attend church services,(badaraks) mass…
Is the good Ambassador ¨unaware¨ of the fact´that there are no Christian Armenians around these. or he does not follow history…
is incongnizent of the Armenian genocide,which almost no Armenians left there…
I do believe he either fails to understand or else he pretends not to understand and accept the fact that MURDER in over a million people was committed there in ANADOLOU….
Armenians will soon commemorate the 100th Anniversary of this horrendous First Genocide of its kind5 beginning of lost century…
Armenians demand JUSTICE to be implementged and Genocide stste officially condemned and made to make reparations, restitution en gross, not just a few churches or what remains of them(moistly erased).it is a mockery this act fo Turkish style , yavash yavash(poco a poco, little by little giveing crumbs away to a PROUD PEOPLE, WE ARE.!!!!No more Mr, Turk.We shall not rest untill you accept officially the Genocide and make reparations.
We also know you will soon -more than giving away a few such churches-come to Yerevan ,kneel down at the Genocide Monument(like Jemal Pasha´s grandson did) but it is another question for great Turkey to cough up…but we know how that can be arranged.Late on this part if someone wishes to know…
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