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Letters to Editors – 02/6/2018

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    From: Luder Tavit Sahagian <lsahagian@gmail.com>
    Subject: WSJ: Robert Morgenthau on the Armenian Genocide
    Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 21:45:39 -0500


    Robert Morgenthau on the Armenian Genocide
    I agree with Robert M. Morgenthau's assessment on the need to
    recognize this dark chapter in our world's history.
    The eternal flame at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, 
Armenia.
    The eternal flame at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan,
    Armenia. Photo: Getty Images

    Feb. 4, 2018 12:12 p.m. ET

    As a grandson of survivors of the Armenian genocide, I agree with
    Robert M. Morgenthau's assessment on the need to recognize this dark
    chapter in our world's history ("Will Trump Tell the Truth About the
    Armenian Genocide?," op-ed, Jan. 26). And while his argument that
    President Trump has a unique opportunity to undo what his predecessors
    failed to do, Armenian-Americans are not holding their breaths. Every
    election brings new campaign promises from candidates looking for
    money and votes while promising to recognize the Armenian genocide,
    but who then succumb to Turkish pressure. What politicians fail to
    understand is that this is a human-rights, not a political,
    issue. Political expediency should play no role in this
    debate. Mr. Morgenthau's grandfather understood that better than
    anyone.

    If President Trump wants to be on the right side of history, he'd be
    wise to follow in another New Yorker's footsteps.

    Stephan Pechdimaldji

    San Ramon, Calif.


    The Armenian genocide was both real and ghastly. That said, no living
    Turk participated. Do we predicate our relations with Spain on a mea
    culpa from its current government regarding atrocities in South
    America, with China regarding the Great Leap Forward, or with Russia
    about the Ukrainian Holodomor?


    James Rumbaugh
    Chicago


    
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