Why is the Turkey genocide thing happening now?

[dogindia]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/washington/14cnd-turkey.html?hp

What have I missed? Are we trying to stir up things even more? Will this stop Turkey from attacking the Kurds? Is there not enough stuff to label genocide and transgressions like torture by us?

Please tell me why.

[seemslikeadream]

1. Because Nancy is doing what she was elected to do

send a stern message to the Ottoman Empire

[gateley]

I'm flummoxed as well. Not only do we have more critical issues to address

at this time, it's politically STUPID.

If anyone can shed light, I have two questions:

1. WHOSE idea was this to resurrect this at this time? I read that it was being considered during Clinton's presidency, but whose bright idea was it to re-address it?

2. And as in the OP, why NOW? What is the benefit? What would we hope would be accomplished by this? How will this help us?

[seemslikeadream]

4. I think it was Schiff from California

U.S. Congressman Schiff (D-CA) questioning Secretary of State Rice Armenian Genocide
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x61450

[gateley]

15. Thank you. I still want to understand what it is they hope to ACCOMPLISH by

doing this NOW.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Good question.

All the answers I would come up with would earn me a tinfoil hat.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Turkey already attacked the Kurds

On Wednesday. . .

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071010/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_kurds

Bone up on your World War I history and it all makes sense. Everything going on in the Middle East right now (the Theater of the Absurd) goes back to that and the carving up of the world.

[gateley]

5. Don't understand what that has to do with passing a resolution NOW. nt

[Yael]

6. Because we have just begun

to piss off every ally we have left in the world and Turkey (and their giving us a base and flyover space) was just next on the PNAC agenda?

[gateley]

7. K&R in hopes someone will come along and see it and shed some light. nt

[gateley]

8. K&R in hopes someone will come along and see it and shed some light. nt

[ProSense]

9. Because it was genocide then, it is genocide today

and it will be genocide tomorrow.

Now is as good a time to call it genocide.

[dipsydoodle]

12. You couldn't have put it better

:toast:

[cali]

10. Because the Armenian lobby which actually has

considerable influence has been trying to get this passed for ages. They almost did under Clinton, but Clinton got the pukes to pull it. And because Adam Schiff (D-CA) who introduced it is from a district with a large Armenian-American Community.

[movonne]

11. I believe there are more countries involved in this than just us..and

many years from now we might be on that list...

[dogindia]

13. thanks to ProSense for excellent post on this subject.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x202422

[RevolutionToday]

14. When are they going to apologize for slavery and the Native American genocide?

May as well start at home.

[Junkdrawer]

16. Here's my guess...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=2024996