Fallacious and devious resolution, penned and rammed through the U.S. Congress by the Armenian lobby, seen as a serious threat that, if passed, can derail amicable Turkey-USA relation and hurt American interests in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans and Central Asia.
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The Armenian lobby and its supporters in Congress have introduced another “Armenian Genocide Resolution,” similar to the resolutions in previous years. H.Res.252 has been scheduled for a vote at the House Foreign Affairs Committee on March 4, 2010 .
Turkish Coalition Of America (TCA), The Assembly Of Turkish American Associations (ATAA), The Federation Of Turkish American Societies (FTAA) and U.S. Azeris Network (USAN) all urged their members to educate their representatives via letters, phone calls, and visits. Two action alerts are launched for this purpose.
The Hill newspaper today quotes the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) as “very confident” that the so-called Armenian genocide resolution would pass the House Foreign Affairs Committee and that it has “very strong prospects for passage” on the House floor.
ANCA, which has been lobbying Congress for the Resolution’s passage, is the same organization whose recent National Chairman Mourad Topalian was indicted and sentenced to over three years in prison by a Ohio Federal Court for being part of a terrorist network that organized the bombing of the Turkish Center in New York and other violent attacks against Turks. ANCA awarded the convicted terrorist the “Freedom Award” for his “unique brand of leadership in driving forward and promoting Armenian history and the cause of the Armenian nation.”
TCA invitation to action reminds concerned citizens to “…tell your member of Congress: ‘Enough is Enough.’ Write to your member of Congress TODAY to urge him or her to stand for reconciliation, fairness and truth and vote “No” on H.Res.252…”
To send a pre-written letter to one’s representative, one is urged to visit the TURKISH COALITION OF AMERICA (TCA) ACTION ALERT page:
U.S. Azeris Network (USAN) also launched an action alert. One is urged to log in and send a message by clicking the link:
In addition to sending a letter to one’s representative, one is also encouraged to organize visits with one’s member of Congress and staff at his/her district office and raise one’s concerns and objections on the issue in person. For further information, one can visit
TCA: www.turkishcoalitionofamerica.org (action alert)
ATAA: www.ataa.org (articles by historians and experts)
FTAA : www.ftaa.org (community initiatives)
USAN: www.USAzeris.org (action alert)
www.ethocide.com : For photos of armed-to-the-teeth Armenian murderers during WWI and their Turkish victims to demolish the myth of “poor, helpless, unarmed Armenian” myth
www.turkla.com and www.historyoftruth.com , www.tallarmeniantale.com : for articles elucidating malicious mass deception for political gain (ETHOCIDE) by the Armenian lobby since WWI
https://armenians-1915.blogspot.com/2010/01/2993-second-open-letter-to-president.html : for the U.S. Congress’ own records refuting the Armenian deception and distortions
And many other websites for which links are provided at these sites. Below is a typical letter that can be presented to one’s representative at the U.S. Congress.
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SUBJECT: VOTE FOR AMERICA, NOT ARMENIA! VOTE “NO” ON H.RES. 252 !
Dear Congressman/woman,
H.Res. 252 has been scheduled for a vote in at the House Foreign Affairs Committee on March 4, 2010. This Resolution is seeking to validate the Armenian allegation of genocide against Turkey. I strongly urge you NOT to become a co-sponsor of this resolution and to vote AGAINST it, should it come to a vote.
Similar resolutions have been introduced in the past and have caused nothing but harm to US interests, while deeply offending Americans of Turkish descent. H.Res. 252 will be no different.
THE RESOLUTION WILL SEVERELY UNDERMINE PROTOCOLS AND PEACE EFFORTS
The Resolution will severely undermine ongoing bilateral efforts between Turkey and Armenia to establish diplomatic relations, as well as economic and political ties. The recently signed protocols between the two countries also include the forming of a joint historical commission to study the tragic events during World War I and reach a common understanding. Turkish Americans overwhelmingly support this rapprochement.
WORLD-RENOWN HISTORIANS REJECT ARMENIANS CLAIMS EMBODIED IN H.RES. 252
The proponents of these resolutions frequently allege a consensus among scholars that the events of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire were genocide. The fact is that there is no consensus on this issue and many historians do not accept the genocide thesis. They include internationally acclaimed scholars of World War I and the Middle East, such as Bernard Lewis, Norman Stone, Andrew Mango, David Fromkin, Guenter Lewy, Pierre Nora, Malcolm Yapp and Justin McCarthy, to name a few.
H.RES. 252 IS FALLACIOUS AND DECEPTIVE
The resolution seeks to legislate history based on incomplete, partisan and falsified information. While portrayed as “non-binding,” the Resolution will create high emotions among Turks and Armenians and prejudice the continued study and understanding of the Ottoman Armenian tragedy by endorsing a one-sided narrative.
More menacingly, Armenian lobbyists openly proclaim that these resolutions are but a stepping stone to eventual reparations and land claims against the Republic of Turkey, which did not even exist at the time. Thus, passing these resolutions will hardly end this contentious debate.
GENOCIDE VERDICTS RESERVED FOR COMPETENT TRIBUNALS, NOT POLITICIANS
If pronouncing convictions of the high crime of genocide was to have been left to politicians, the United Nations would not have given authority exclusively to the International Court of Justice. However, it is precisely because of the grave implications of a genocide charge that a special legal process has been established to prosecute it, and the United States adopted this process when it ratified the U.N. Genocide Convention in 1987. With resolutions of this nature, Congress is usurping its power and creating a dangerous precedent.
To quarrel with a genocide characterization — the crime of crimes – is not to deny lesser crimes or atrocities. In fact, the Ottoman government itself prosecuted and convicted nearly 1,400 individuals, executing scores, including a provincial governor, for crimes committed against Armenians.
HALF A MILLION MUSLIM DEATHS CAUSED BY ARMENIANS SIMPLY IGNORED
One of my key objections to H.Res. 252 is its lack of reference to the nearly 2.5 million Muslims of the Ottoman Empire who perished during the same period of time. Among them are about half a million Ottoman Muslims in Eastern Anatolia whose tragic ends had come in the well documented massacres and ethnic cleansing committed directly or assisted by Armenian rebels. Muslim losses and suffering are ignored or outright denied by the proponents of this legislation. This is selective morality bordering on racism.
PASSING H.RES. 252 WOULD MAKE A MOCKERY OF THE U.S. CONGRESS’ OWN RECORDS
What is perhaps most ironic of all is the fact that if the fallacy and deception in H.Res. 252 is approved, then the U.S. Congress would be denying its own reports, resolution, and records dating back to 1920 and 1922 refuting Armenian claims of systematic annihilation (since the term genocide did not exit back then and invented decades later.) US recognition of a bogus genocide and thus legislating falsified version of history into law, to appease the arrogant Armenian lobby would be a travesty scholarship, critical thinking, and free speech, making a mockery of the U.S. Congress’ own records, as the following among many other such documents, clearly refute Armenian claims once and for all:
a- “American Military Mission to Armenia” (General Harbord) Report 1920 and the Annex Report Nat. Archives 184.021/175 –which does not mention any “race extermination” but, on the contrary, refers to “…refinements of cruelty by Armenians to Muslims…”
b- Joint U.S. CONGRESS RESOLUTION NO. 192, APRIL 22, 1922 relative to the activities of Near East Relief ending 31 December 1921 which has unanimously resolved that a total of 1,414,000 Armenians were alive (which makes killing of 1.5 million Armenians an impossibility, since the total Armenian population was around 1.5 million at the time.)
c- George Montgomery, a member of the U.S. delegation at the Paris Conference, had presented a detailed tabulation in 1919, showing a total of 1,104,000 Armenians alive, apart from those who had already immigrated to other countries.
ARMENIAN NARRATIVES: THE ONLY CASE IN THE WORLD WHERE THE DEAD MULTIPLY OVER THE YEARS
d- 29 March 1919 report of the Paris Conference subcommittee on atrocities, chaired by the U.S. secretary of State Lansing, lists Armenian losses as “…more than 200,000…” Even this number is exaggerated as they got their information from the Armenian church, not exactly an impartial source. The Turkish Historical Society documented the deaths of 54,000 Armenians using Ottoman police reports field on site, of which number only about 8,400 are reported as victims of massacres based on police reports in Ottoman archives. The paragraphs a, b, and c jointly point to the THS number being closer to reality.
Who, then may have jacked this number of Armenian casualties from the original 54,000 first to 200,000 in March 1919, and then to 600,000 in May 1919 (in a poster created by Armenians soliciting aid from American donors), and finally to the current 1.5 million even higher? Take a guess!
H.RES 252 UNDERMINES AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS AND SECURITY
H.Res 252 undermines American national interests and security, as it will damage US-Turkish relations. Turkey is a key ally of the United States and an indispensable partner to the Unites States efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, helping the United States and the international community to combat terrorism and build security in the region. At a time when the United States is seeking to improve relations with the world, H. Res. 252 singles out a genuine historical controversy and turns it into an affront against our valued ally Turkey.
H.Res. 252 serves no contemporary US policy purpose, dispenses dubiously selective morality in response to special interest lobbying, hurts American national interests, and the principles of fairness and justice. Today, America is fighting two wars, faces an economic crisis of historical proportions and depends on the good-will and support of nations like Turkey. I urge you to put national interest ahead of special interest and respectfully ask you NOT to support and…
VOTE FOR AMERICA, NOT ARMENIA!
VOTE “NO” on H.Res. 252 !