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Pulitzer Prize Winners Balakian and Nguyen and Renowned Journalists David and Adi Ignatius to Headline Innovate Armenia

  LOS ANGELES—Poet Peter Balakian and novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen will grapple with the shifting place of the humanities in a postmodern and possibly “post-book” world. Their conversation, which will take place on Sept. 23, is a signature event at Innovate Armenia 2017—a day of discovery, insightful dialogue, music, food, wine, and chess sponsored by the University of Southern California (USC) Institute of Armenian Studies. [caption id="attachment_58213" align="aligncenter" wid

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  1. I am sorry to have to say this, but long-time Washington, DC-based establishment columnist, author, and TV commentator David Ignatius has always been very pro-Turkish.

    And Adi has never been particularly Armenian that I know of. I have heard him speak locally.

    Sorry, but I must distrust them both.

    Here is one example – one of many – that I have heard David Ignatius say (on radio) years ago regarding the Armenian genocide:

    “My grandfather would roll over in his grave if he heard me say this, but at least Turkey is trying to become a better country.”

    That’s the best he could do with the Genocide issue?

    Here is an example of a title from an Ignatius article just recently in the Dallas News, just so you get an idea of how David Ignatius is always spinning things positively for Turkey:

    “David Ignatius: Turkey stands firmly with its Western allies after attack.”

    Turkey has long been a supporter of ISIS and other jihadists, Mr. Ignatius, not a country that stands with the West.

    Have you not read the following two Columbia University studies available on the Web?

    Research Paper: Turkey-ISIS Oil Trade
    Research Paper: ISIS-Turkey Links

    I don’t care what else David Ignatius has said recently that may seem like he has come around to defending Armenians and criticizing Turkey.

    I have observed David Ignatius for decades and know precisely how he thinks about Armenian and Turkish issues.

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