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Bayou Buzz, Louisiana
April 24 2014
Obama breaks promise to commemorate Armenian 'genocide'
During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama could not have been clearer
about what he thought of the mass killings of Armenians at the hands
of Ottoman Turks in 1915.
"My firmly held conviction (is) that the Armenian Genocide is not an
allegation, a personal opinion, or a point of view, but rather a
widely documented fact supported by an overwhelming body of historical
evidence," he said in a statement. "The facts are undeniable," Obama
wrote.
"As President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide."
Once in office, though? Not so much. Not at all, in fact.
President Obama on Thursday called the slaughter "one of the worst
atrocities of the 20th century." But for the sixth straight year, he
did not use the word "genocide" -- a move that Armenians would have
cheered but would also have risked profoundly angering Turkey, a
crucial NATO ally.
"I have consistently stated my own view of what occurred in 1915, and
my view has not changed," Obama said in his 2014 statement.
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/politics/us-congress/item/655117-obama-breaks-promise-to-commemorate-armenian-genocide
April 24 2014
Obama breaks promise to commemorate Armenian 'genocide'
During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama could not have been clearer
about what he thought of the mass killings of Armenians at the hands
of Ottoman Turks in 1915.
"My firmly held conviction (is) that the Armenian Genocide is not an
allegation, a personal opinion, or a point of view, but rather a
widely documented fact supported by an overwhelming body of historical
evidence," he said in a statement. "The facts are undeniable," Obama
wrote.
"As President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide."
Once in office, though? Not so much. Not at all, in fact.
President Obama on Thursday called the slaughter "one of the worst
atrocities of the 20th century." But for the sixth straight year, he
did not use the word "genocide" -- a move that Armenians would have
cheered but would also have risked profoundly angering Turkey, a
crucial NATO ally.
"I have consistently stated my own view of what occurred in 1915, and
my view has not changed," Obama said in his 2014 statement.
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/politics/us-congress/item/655117-obama-breaks-promise-to-commemorate-armenian-genocide