ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: AAA INDIGNANT ABOUT ‘ILL-CONCEIVED LETTER BY FORMER SECRETARIES OF STATE’
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.10.2007 15:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian Assembly of America sent a letter to
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the ill-conceived address by eight
former Secretaries of State in opposition to H. Res. 106, calling it
"inconsistent with the fundamentally tenets of American values,"
and asked how many more excuses they could conjure up to avoid
the truth. The Assembly letter also pointed out key facts that the
former Secretaries failed to discuss, including Turkey’s refusal
to allow the U.S. access to northern front at a critical stage in
Operation Iraqi Freedom, a refusal which cost American lives. The
letter concluded as follows: "Enough is enough. No more lies. No more
deceit. No more denial. By preventing a vote, you not only impede the
democratic process and do a great disservice to the 226 cosponsors
and the millions of Americans that support this resolution, but also
unwittingly encourage a campaign of denial. Is this the message we
want to teach future generations – it is permissible to deny genocide."
"The Armenian Assembly will continue to push for a concluding
affirmative vote on H. Res. 106 and urges the community to call
upon their Member of Congress to support the resolution today," said
Executive Director Bryan Ardouny. "We must not allow Turkish deniers
and whomever they line up to endorse their deceptions to succeed
in their attempt to derail affirmation of the Armenian Genocide,"
said Ardouny.
In their September 25th jointly-signed letter, former Secretaries of
State Madeleine Albright, James Baker III, Warren Christopher, Laurence
Eagleburger, Alexander Haig, Jr., Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell,
and George Schultz, urged Speaker Pelosi to, "prevent the resolution
from reaching the House Floor," thereby denying House Members an
opportunity to vote their conscience on the Armenian Genocide. The
former State Department officials expressed concern that passage of
the resolution "could endanger our national security interests in
the region, including our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and damage
efforts to promote reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey."