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October 10th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Mimi,
I’m not sure that many people have ever come to realize the horrible massacre that the turks had over the armenians in the early 1900’s,however it should be a story that is told just to inform people how so many armenians ended up in the U.S. and also our area.My heart aches from the few stories that I have heard over the years from Armenian-Americans like yourself.I know the hurt will never go away!
October 10th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
I was’nt finished, but I hit the wrong key,always remember the Armenians who live in America are an awesome community,and here we all are in a safety zone living,however never forgetting the atrocities that can occur.Be safe, God Bless
October 11th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Am I to understand correctly that you are OPPOSED to two nations establishing diplomatic relations?! I think it’s great whenever relations are established as that may be the precursor rather than the consequence to resolving previous differences. Whatever the Ottomans did to the Armenians (and I’m a little more skeptical because I’ve spoken with people who just as adamantly argue that it wasn’t a deliberate genocide), holding this over the head of the Turks feels like blaming modern Germany for the horrors of the Third Reich which makes no sense (plus I assume Germany has diplomatic relations with Israel). Both sides claim they just want all records released so we know exactly what happened and I couldn’t agree more, but I’ve never figured out why the animosity all these years later (of course I never understand old gripes whether it be Ireland, former Yugoslavia, or even our own South occasionally acting like the Civil War is still on). BTW, your “stop the protocol” link above is a dud; it doesn’t open the page you intended.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:33 am
No, Mimi, the current Armenia administration doesn’t speech for third-, fourth-, and seventh-generation Armenian emigrants scattered throughout the world, any more than the current Irish administration speaks for me.
Rather, they speak for the citizens of Armenia - people for whom the security and prosperity of their nation, its relationship with its neighbors and allies, and the everyday struggles of keeping a functional society going in the contemporary world are a great deal more important than the symbolic crusades that wealthy Americans devote themselves to in an effort to feel connected to their roots.
I imagine there were Irish-Americans who were unhappy that Sinn Fein signed a peace deal that didn’t return Northern Ireland to Dublin’s control. None of them had to live with the car bombs and concertina wire.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Don’t get me wrong - I support the efforts to get Turkey to acknowledge that its forebearer-state committed a genocide against the Armenians.
Spiking a diplomatic rapprochement that would greatly benefit Armenia, however, is like taking out your pocket knife and cutting off your nose to spite your face.