BARACK OBAMA KEEN ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
Assa-Irada
July 24 2008
Azerbaijan
US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has pledged that
the 1915-1923 developments in the Ottoman Empire would be recognized
as genocide of Armenians, an Armenian pro-Obama group has said. In
another statement that will appease Armenians, he was quoted by
the Armenians for Obama organization as saying that there were 1.5
million people among the Armenian community in the United States who
sustained the horrors of the purported genocide and are suffering
from its non-recognition.
America will tell the truth about the Armenian genocide and deserves
a leader who would react to all acts of genocide. This is the kind
of a president I will be, Obama said. Obama has recently made several
such promises. The Armenian claim is strenuously denied by the modern
Turkish state. The Armenian community in the United States is playing
a key role in financing Obamas pre-election campaign, therefore,
such statements should not come as a surprise. Overall, candidates
tend to make public statements while on the campaign trail promising
to recognize the so-called genocide but act counter to their pledges
after they come to power. President George Bush, who is opposed to
recognizing the alleged genocide, had made statements in the past that
were in favor of Armenians. However, after winning the race for the
White House he focused on pursuing policies in line with US national
interests instead of those of Armenians. Unlike Obama, his Republican
rival John McCain rejects Armenians claims against the Turks.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
