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Obama bars U.S. entry to Genocide suspects, which suggests Turks,
Azeris must be banned
August 6, 2011 - 17:03 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. President Barack Obama ordered new measures to
boost the U.S. ability to stop mass atrocities such as genocide and
bar perpetrators of war crimes from entering the United States. The
order sets up an Atrocity Prevention Board of government agencies to
coordinate responses to such events within the administration.
Obama noted in a statement that 66 years after the Holocaust and 17
years after the genocide in Rwanda the United States still lacked a
`comprehensive policy framework' for stopping large-scale atrocities.
Obama directed his administration to study a range of economic,
diplomatic and other actions that can be taken in such cases.
The U.S. president cited the likelihood of the mass slaughter of
civilians in Benghazi, Libya, in March when the United States joined
NATO's military action. In recent weeks, he has been criticized for
not doing more to stop Syria's killing of unarmed protesters which,
while it falls short of genocide, has intensified in recent days.
Through a presidential proclamation, Obama also expanded the grounds
for denying entry into the United States to include a larger number of
human rights violators such as those who commit `war crimes and crimes
against humanity'.
However, the presidential proclamation fails to mention the Armenian
Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, the 1st genocide of the 20th century which
claimed 1,5 mln lives.
As a candidate for President, Obama repeatedly vowed to recognize the
Armenian Genocide once in office, vowing "a principled commitment to
commemorating and ending genocide." But since 2009, Obama has declined
to use the word in the face of furious resistance from Turkey, a key
NATO ally.
However, despite the U.S. President's `forgetfulness' and following
the logic of the proclamation, Turks, guilty of Armenian Genocide and
still negating their guilt, and Azeris, who've organized mass
slaughters of Armenians in Sumgait and Baku, must be banned from entry
to U.S.
It must be naïve to believe that after so many years of supporting
Turkish policy of negation and `neglect' of pogroms of Armenians from
Sumgait and Baku, the U.S. administration will decide to restore
justice by banning the entry of representatives of Turkey and
Azerbaijan, at least naming them Genocide suspects.
However, let's hope that the President's order will become the first
little step to help the U.S. government face the truth by recognizing
the Armenian Genocide and condemning the perpetrators of Sumgait and
Baku genocides.
Azeris must be banned
August 6, 2011 - 17:03 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. President Barack Obama ordered new measures to
boost the U.S. ability to stop mass atrocities such as genocide and
bar perpetrators of war crimes from entering the United States. The
order sets up an Atrocity Prevention Board of government agencies to
coordinate responses to such events within the administration.
Obama noted in a statement that 66 years after the Holocaust and 17
years after the genocide in Rwanda the United States still lacked a
`comprehensive policy framework' for stopping large-scale atrocities.
Obama directed his administration to study a range of economic,
diplomatic and other actions that can be taken in such cases.
The U.S. president cited the likelihood of the mass slaughter of
civilians in Benghazi, Libya, in March when the United States joined
NATO's military action. In recent weeks, he has been criticized for
not doing more to stop Syria's killing of unarmed protesters which,
while it falls short of genocide, has intensified in recent days.
Through a presidential proclamation, Obama also expanded the grounds
for denying entry into the United States to include a larger number of
human rights violators such as those who commit `war crimes and crimes
against humanity'.
However, the presidential proclamation fails to mention the Armenian
Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, the 1st genocide of the 20th century which
claimed 1,5 mln lives.
As a candidate for President, Obama repeatedly vowed to recognize the
Armenian Genocide once in office, vowing "a principled commitment to
commemorating and ending genocide." But since 2009, Obama has declined
to use the word in the face of furious resistance from Turkey, a key
NATO ally.
However, despite the U.S. President's `forgetfulness' and following
the logic of the proclamation, Turks, guilty of Armenian Genocide and
still negating their guilt, and Azeris, who've organized mass
slaughters of Armenians in Sumgait and Baku, must be banned from entry
to U.S.
It must be naïve to believe that after so many years of supporting
Turkish policy of negation and `neglect' of pogroms of Armenians from
Sumgait and Baku, the U.S. administration will decide to restore
justice by banning the entry of representatives of Turkey and
Azerbaijan, at least naming them Genocide suspects.
However, let's hope that the President's order will become the first
little step to help the U.S. government face the truth by recognizing
the Armenian Genocide and condemning the perpetrators of Sumgait and
Baku genocides.