On Feb. 23, The Courant printed an article on the Dutch parliament’s recognition of the genocide of the Armenians by the Ottoman government [news, “Lawmakers In Netherlands: Genocide In Armenia”]. Thank you people of the Netherlands for your acknowledgement.
I have written to both U.S. senators from Connecticut on this topic. And they both understand the history of the event, as did President Barack Obama. But the Congress never takes the final step of recognition because of the turmoil it causes with the Turkish government. The reaction of the denier should not be the deciding factor as to whether or not a historic event occurred. I am sure Sen. Richard Blumenthal did not have to consult with the representatives of the Nazi party before he spoke on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Why allow the denial and prejudice of a foreign nation to speak louder than the voices of the hundreds of thousands of descendants of the Armenian diaspora living in America today? We are your fellow Americans. We are your constituents.
David Davis, Windsor
