USA: ELECTIONS ARE OVER, YET NOTHING HAS CHANGED
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.11.2006 GMT+04:00
After the recent breakdowns the USA suffered on the international
scene, it is very important for the USA, that Turkey joins the EU.
After any elections no fundamental or sudden changes have ever
occurred in the US foreign policy. According to the Constitution,
it is determined by the President, and is executed by the Secretary
of State, so President Bush will be responsible for the course of
the US foreign policy unless he leaves the White House in January,
2009. This means, that the hope of the Armenian Community in America,
about the Democrats recognizing the Armenian Genocide of 1915, or
making the Turks open the Armenian-Turkish borders, is quite unreal.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Once again taking advantage of the votes of the
Armenian Diaspora, the American politicians prefer to go on pursuing
their own course, offering the Armenians a glimmer of hope from time
to time. Alas, this is the reality. In this sense, the optimistic
views of the Armenian Diaspora about the Democrats coming into
power in the House of Representatives and US Senate in the result
of the interim elections is not understandable. No country, and,
all the more, the United States will ever be guided by unreal ideas
of justice. According to the US Ambassador to Great Britain Robert
Tuttle, all the Presidents, including President Bush, have carried
out and will go on to carry out discussions with the Congress about
the trends of the US foreign policy.
According to the Republican Leaders, "The US foreign policy tends
to abolish the outcomes of the Ottoman Empire in the USSR". This
is exactly how they explain their invasion to Iraq and Afghanistan,
as well as the fact of not recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the
Ottoman Turkey. After the recent breakdowns on the international
scene it is extremely important for the USA, that Turkey joins the
EU, and they are ready to shut their eyes on almost everything,
that goes on in the negotiations between Turkey and EU. It should be
mentioned that the matter of the Armenian Genocide and the opening
of the Armenian-Turkish borders are not of paramount importance,
the Cyprus question and changes in Turkey’s Criminal Code, and in
the notorious Article 301, in particular, are questions of more
importance. Regarding the latter, the Prime Minister of Turkey
R. Erdogan, expressed himself rather clearly, "The Article 301 will
not contradict the freedom of speech and will not do any harm to the
negotiations with the EU." This is obviously done on the advice of
the US, who persistently wants to incline Europe into an alliance
with Turkey, which is fraught with unpredictable outcomes.
It must be mentioned that by Ottoman Turkey other Arabic countries
are also meant, which, as it is known, were once conquered by
Turkey. "Turkey is an exception, it has been the strategic partner
of the USA over the last 60 years, and the fact that the "empires
of evil" do not exist any more, changes nothing in the region", the
Republicans claim. Somehow they are right; there is still sufficient
oil in the region to be used for wars for the "vital interests of the
US", something which is fulfilled with alternating success. Let us
add the supreme Jewish lobby to it, which exists and affects all the
levels of the political and social life of the USA. Having such power,
the American politicians simply do not have time and any wish to take
upon the matters, concerning Armenia; after all Armenia has no oil,
no gas.
This is why optimism towards victory of the Democrats is
exaggerated. One more circumstance must be mentioned; the situation
where one political party only control, in any case, one House of
Congress, and the President is the representative of the other party,
often is very handy for the Americans. The experience shows, that some
of the most important and most effective legislative acts were adopted
by the Congress and signed by the President exactly during such years.
"PanARMENIAN.Net" analytical department