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ANCA: IT'S A SAD SPECTACLE TO SEE CLINTON HIDING BEHIND CYNICAL APPEALS
PanARMENIAN.Net
January 27, 2012 - 10:46 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
sharply criticized remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
who dismissed the murder of 1.5 million Armenians as a "historical
debate," and argued that U.S. affirmation of this crime would open a
"dangerous door."
"The Obama-Biden Administration - with Secretary Clinton's latest
remarks - continues to dig itself deeper and deeper into a hole of
complicity in Turkey's genocide denial," said ANCA Executive Director
Aram Hamparian.
"It's a sad spectacle to see Secretary Clinton hiding behind cynical
appeals to scholars - the overwhelming majority of whom have already
spoken forcefully against Turkey's denials of the Armenian Genocide -
to divert attention from President Obama's, Vice President Biden's or
her own promises to properly recognize this crime and, more broadly,
to divert attention from the White House's failure to meet its moral
obligation to stand up against a foreign government's veto of our
defense of human rights," he continued.
Responding to a question from a participant of a Town Hall Meeting
on Thursday, who asked why the U.S. does not recognize the Genocide,
Clinton characterized the Armenian Genocide as an historical issue
and not a political one.
"I think it's fair to say that this has always been viewed, and I think
properly so, as a matter of historical debate and conclusions rather
than political. And I think that is the right posture for the United
States Government to be in, because whatever the terrible event might
be or the high emotions that it represents, to try to use government
power to resolve historical issues, I think, opens a door that is a
very dangerous one to go through. So the issue is a very emotional
one; I recognize that and I have great sympathy for those who are
just so incredibly passionate about it," Clinton told the audience.
Secretary Clinton's remarks are diametrically opposed to her statement
issued almost four years ago, to the day, as a Senator. In this
statement, she boasted that she was "alone among the Presidential
candidates" to have been a cosponsor of the Armenian Genocide
Resolution and pledged "as President, I will recognize the Armenian
Genocide." The statement went on to stress that: "Our common morality
and our nation's credibility as a voice for human rights challenge
us to ensure that the Armenian Genocide be recognized and remembered
by the Congress and the President of the United States."
PanARMENIAN.Net
January 27, 2012 - 10:46 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
sharply criticized remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
who dismissed the murder of 1.5 million Armenians as a "historical
debate," and argued that U.S. affirmation of this crime would open a
"dangerous door."
"The Obama-Biden Administration - with Secretary Clinton's latest
remarks - continues to dig itself deeper and deeper into a hole of
complicity in Turkey's genocide denial," said ANCA Executive Director
Aram Hamparian.
"It's a sad spectacle to see Secretary Clinton hiding behind cynical
appeals to scholars - the overwhelming majority of whom have already
spoken forcefully against Turkey's denials of the Armenian Genocide -
to divert attention from President Obama's, Vice President Biden's or
her own promises to properly recognize this crime and, more broadly,
to divert attention from the White House's failure to meet its moral
obligation to stand up against a foreign government's veto of our
defense of human rights," he continued.
Responding to a question from a participant of a Town Hall Meeting
on Thursday, who asked why the U.S. does not recognize the Genocide,
Clinton characterized the Armenian Genocide as an historical issue
and not a political one.
"I think it's fair to say that this has always been viewed, and I think
properly so, as a matter of historical debate and conclusions rather
than political. And I think that is the right posture for the United
States Government to be in, because whatever the terrible event might
be or the high emotions that it represents, to try to use government
power to resolve historical issues, I think, opens a door that is a
very dangerous one to go through. So the issue is a very emotional
one; I recognize that and I have great sympathy for those who are
just so incredibly passionate about it," Clinton told the audience.
Secretary Clinton's remarks are diametrically opposed to her statement
issued almost four years ago, to the day, as a Senator. In this
statement, she boasted that she was "alone among the Presidential
candidates" to have been a cosponsor of the Armenian Genocide
Resolution and pledged "as President, I will recognize the Armenian
Genocide." The statement went on to stress that: "Our common morality
and our nation's credibility as a voice for human rights challenge
us to ensure that the Armenian Genocide be recognized and remembered
by the Congress and the President of the United States."