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    IAGS PRESIDENT DR. GREG STANTON OUTLINES COSTS OF GENOCIDE DENIAL AT CAPITOL HILL OBSERVANCE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    armradio.am
    29.04.2008 16:37

    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.

    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
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