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ANCA CHAIRMAN: OBAMA COMPLETED HIS SURRENDER TO TURKEY
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 - 18:47 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. President Barack Obama, once again, used
euphemistic language and verbal gymnastics to characterize the murder
of 1.5 million Armenians in his annual April 24 remembrance day
statement, breaking his pledge as Senator and Presidential candidate
to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide as President, the Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA) comments.
"President Obama today completed his surrender to Turkey, shamefully
outsourcing U.S. human rights policy to a foreign state, and tightening
Ankara's gag on American recognition of the Armenian Genocide,"
said ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian. "The President's capitulation to
Turkey - on this, the last April 24th of his term - represents the
very opposite of the principled and honest change he promised to
Armenian Americans and to all the citizens of our nation.
President Obama's pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide stands
today as a stark lie, a painful promise etched on the hearts of
all who had hoped and worked for change, but who, today, have been
betrayed by a politician who failed to live up to his own words."
In his April 24, 2012 statement, Obama said in part, "Today, we
commemorate the Meds Yeghern, one of the worst atrocities of the 20th
century. In doing so, we honor the memory of the 1.5 million Armenians
who were brutally massacred or marched to their deaths in the waning
days of the Ottoman Empire. As we reflect on the unspeakable suffering
that took place 97 years ago, we join millions who do the same across
the globe and here in America, where it is solemnly commemorated by
our states, institutions, communities, and families."
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 - 18:47 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. President Barack Obama, once again, used
euphemistic language and verbal gymnastics to characterize the murder
of 1.5 million Armenians in his annual April 24 remembrance day
statement, breaking his pledge as Senator and Presidential candidate
to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide as President, the Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA) comments.
"President Obama today completed his surrender to Turkey, shamefully
outsourcing U.S. human rights policy to a foreign state, and tightening
Ankara's gag on American recognition of the Armenian Genocide,"
said ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian. "The President's capitulation to
Turkey - on this, the last April 24th of his term - represents the
very opposite of the principled and honest change he promised to
Armenian Americans and to all the citizens of our nation.
President Obama's pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide stands
today as a stark lie, a painful promise etched on the hearts of
all who had hoped and worked for change, but who, today, have been
betrayed by a politician who failed to live up to his own words."
In his April 24, 2012 statement, Obama said in part, "Today, we
commemorate the Meds Yeghern, one of the worst atrocities of the 20th
century. In doing so, we honor the memory of the 1.5 million Armenians
who were brutally massacred or marched to their deaths in the waning
days of the Ottoman Empire. As we reflect on the unspeakable suffering
that took place 97 years ago, we join millions who do the same across
the globe and here in America, where it is solemnly commemorated by
our states, institutions, communities, and families."