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GREGORY STANTON: "UNITED STATES AGAIN SURRENDERED TO NINETY-YEAR CAMPAIGN OF DENIAL BY TURKISH GOVERNMENT
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
April 29 2008
YEREVAN, 29.04.08. DE FACTO. On April 23rd, International Association
of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) and Genocide Watch President, Dr. Greg
Stanton, gave keynote remarks at the Capitol Hill Observance of the
Armenian Genocide, organized by the Congressional Caucus on Armenian
Issues, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
Citing the House Foreign Affairs Committee passage last year of the
Armenian Genocide resolution, Stanton explained that by postponing
a full House vote, "Again the United States surrendered to the
ninety-year campaign of denial by the government of Turkey. The State
Department and the White House have continued the cowardly policies
of every Secretary of State since Lansing who have considered it
more important to placate the Turkish government than to be truthful
about history."
Dr. Stanton went on to explain the eight stages of genocide and
the dangerous cost of genocide denial both to the victims and the
perpetrators. He described the benefits of genocide recognition,
stating that "telling the truth would ultimately be good for
U.S.-Turkish relations, because they would no longer be based on
diplomatic lies." Passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution,
he noted, would also "pay tribute to America's first international
human rights movement. The Foreign Service Officers and prominent
individuals such as Theodore Roosevelt, Ambassador Henry Morgenthau,
and Cleveland Dodge, who did so much to help the Armenians, exemplify
America's legacy of moral leadership".
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
April 29 2008
YEREVAN, 29.04.08. DE FACTO. On April 23rd, International Association
of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) and Genocide Watch President, Dr. Greg
Stanton, gave keynote remarks at the Capitol Hill Observance of the
Armenian Genocide, organized by the Congressional Caucus on Armenian
Issues, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
Citing the House Foreign Affairs Committee passage last year of the
Armenian Genocide resolution, Stanton explained that by postponing
a full House vote, "Again the United States surrendered to the
ninety-year campaign of denial by the government of Turkey. The State
Department and the White House have continued the cowardly policies
of every Secretary of State since Lansing who have considered it
more important to placate the Turkish government than to be truthful
about history."
Dr. Stanton went on to explain the eight stages of genocide and
the dangerous cost of genocide denial both to the victims and the
perpetrators. He described the benefits of genocide recognition,
stating that "telling the truth would ultimately be good for
U.S.-Turkish relations, because they would no longer be based on
diplomatic lies." Passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution,
he noted, would also "pay tribute to America's first international
human rights movement. The Foreign Service Officers and prominent
individuals such as Theodore Roosevelt, Ambassador Henry Morgenthau,
and Cleveland Dodge, who did so much to help the Armenians, exemplify
America's legacy of moral leadership".