Trivializing Genocide
At the border of common sense and treason, my take on the Armenian Genocide Resolution appears in today’s The Washington Times. You can find it here.
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By the last gleams of twilight I could see the glitter of her eyes, full of tears -- of tears that would not fall.
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
One realizes that human relationships are the tragic necessity of human life; that they can never be wholly satisfactory, that every ego is half the time greedily seeking them, and half the time pulling away from them.
Willa Cather
For some reason, audiences always find anyone frozen or doing very little on stage utterly riveting, despite the best efforts of the main protagonists who are giving their all in another part of the stage.
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Everett played intelligently and with that sympathetic comprehension which seems peculiar to that lovable class of men who never accomplished anything in particular.
Willa Cather, "A Death in the Desert"
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J.F. Powers
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Dear Garin
I read your article Trivializing Genocide; and I want to be honest with you. Your analysis of who dictates foreign policy is right, but your conclusion is wrong. First we get the HR106 passed then SR106, and after that the presidents will be obliged to keep their campagn promises. Plus remember soon turkey will run out of their Threats as american troops pull out, Incirlik will loose its immediate importaance. Hopefully we won’t be stupid enough to indulge in another catastrophy with Iran.
Garin Its important for the wolrd armenians to have United states congress formally recognize Genocide no matter how its written. France and Canada are ahead of us. Great britain and Israel will follow us, and leave Turkey with no choice.
Respectfully
Gary Artinian
Chicago, IL
Garin if pursuing Congress is the wrong way to go, then perhaps you can do an article on how ineffective it’s been for AIPAC. Then again that may not sit well with the Standard.