Clearly the Turks did attempt genocide upon the Armenians in 1915. Okay. And their unwillingness to admit to it is quite shameful.

As Amos and Don have asked, however, why is the US Congress choosing this time in history to make itself the conscience of Turkey over something that happened in 1915? Who is pushing for the House resolution and why? What is their motivation and purpose? Answer that and you might find out some interesting stuff.

Most of all, I agree with Don's post:

I see a world in which everyone stands around all pointing at each other, shouting, "You're a monster!" "You're a monster!" "You're a monster!"

Great! Let's all kill each other and prove the point.

The only way this will ever lead to anything good is if we all say, "You're a monster! I'm a monster! We're all monsters! Now—what are we going to do about it? Let's talk it over and see if we can stop being monsters. Okay?"

Okay?


Exactly. No one's hands are squeaky clean (as a nation) and we might as well all admit it and give up this obsession of condeming other people over stuff that was perpetrated by their daddy, their granddaddy or their great grandaddy's uncle. Sheesh! You'd think people could finally let go of the bitter past and move on.