Kansas City Star, MO
Oct 13 2007
Blog Bits: Republican rhetoric; Turkish reaction to genocide vote
How about some specifics?
If you just listen to the broad rhetoric of the [Republican] front
runners, all you get are the talking points: less taxes, less
spending, free trade. And their `less spending’ rhetoric is usually
phony. Not only are they unable to be specific, but they can’t even
bring themselves to say the words. For example, when it comes to
entitlements, which they’d really love to cut, they want to `look at’
them, `fix’ them, `strengthen’ them, and `solve’ them.
Jared Bernstein,
`Absurdly worked up’
The Turkish government is furious about a vote in the House
International Relations Committee condemning as `genocide’ the
killing of some 1.5 million Armenians by the Turks in 1915. The Turks
are absurdly worked up about a mere piece of paper condemning actions
taken not by the current government of Turkey but by another entity
entirely – the Ottoman Empire, which ceased to exist in 1922.
Congress should avoid passing a symbolic resolution that will do
little or nothing to help Armenian victims or their descendants, but
that will hurt vital American interests.
Max Boot,
http://www .kansascity.com/273/story/315228.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
