If I had any faith at all in the competency of Congress, I would see in the resolution regarding the Armenian genocide an attempt by the Democratic-controlled Congress to influence the conduct of the current Iraq war, in which on the one hand we rely on Turkey for supply routes and on the other hand on Turkish restraint in not having Kurdistan develop into a major northern front. But that's much too subtle a play for the U.S. Congress, regardless of which party is manipulating the process. More likely what we're seeing is the action of a few congressonal dolts with some Armenian constituents from whom the for-sale congressmen are hoping to collect some donations or votes or both.