THE WASHINGTON TIMES: CONGRESS HAS "MORE IMPORTANT PRIORITIES" THAN REVISITING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.02.2007 15:23 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ U. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has scheduled
a vote in April on the Armenian Genocide resolution. The Washington
Times reports, with the United States currently fighting a war for its
very survival against radical Islamists, Congress should have much
more important priorities than revisiting events that occurred more
than 80 years ago-particularly when doing so has the potential to
do serious damage to U.S. relations with Turkey, whose cooperation
will be critical to U.S. efforts to stabilize Iraq. "The reality
is that Armenian and Greek lobbying organizations hostile to Turkey
command far more power in Washington than do pro-Turkish groups. And
in their effort to settle old scores dating back to World War I, they
have the potential to damage our current ability to maintain Turkey’s
cooperation in stabilizing Iraq. At such a dangerous time, the United
States needs to be working more closely with both our Kurdish friends
in Iraq and our Turkish allies. But Mrs. Pelosi seems more interested
in playing ethnic politics in order to score some cheap political
points and win additional votes," The Washington Times reports.
From: Baghdasarian