The Armenian Genocide
“The fallout caused by denial was inherited by later generations of Armenians, linking them to the fateful days of 1915, and compelling them to set the record straight.” This was written by author Michael Bobelian, who wrote about not only the events of the Armenian genocide, but the continual denial of it that continues even today. Today, despite pressure from around the world, the Turkish Government still continues to deny the events that occurred against the Armenian people during world war 1, and today this refusal still affects not only the survivors of this massacre, but their ancestors Christians around the world.
The Armenian Genocide was a plot established by the leaders of the Ottoman Empire of the time, the …show more content…
Though if any other country, such as America or France attempts to acknowledge the occurrence of the genocide, Turkey threaten to suspend trade deals, and even in the case of America the closure of a vital airbase near the border of Syria. The phrase “Armenian genocide” didn’t even appear in American publication until 2004, nearly 90 years after the beginning of the genocide. Despite this though, in 2010 a US congressional panel voted to recognize the genocide, despite their reluctance to condemn those they believe …show more content…
Today Muslims in Nigeria the ‘Boko Haram’ are waging a jihad on Nigerian Christian, the only difference between the two their religion. But it does beg the question, why is the war between Christians and Muslims continually waged today? Theodore Roosevelt said in 1918,
“the Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war, and the failure to act against Turkey] is to condone it… the failure to deal radically with the Turkish horror means that all talk of guaranteeing the future peace of the world is mischievous nonsense.”
Perhaps Turkey’s failure to acknowledge the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide, does condone the actions of killing those based on their religion and ethnicity, allowing such actions to continue today. Even Adolf Hitler when asked about the rationale of the Jewish genocide said “Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?”
In conclusion, the refusal of the Turkish government to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide holds severe ramifications in today’s society, for not only the ancestors of those who survived, but the global Christian community and the actions taken against their religion even
“The fallout caused by denial was inherited by later generations of Armenians, linking them to the fateful days of 1915, and compelling them to set the record straight.” This was written by author Michael Bobelian, who wrote about not only the events of the Armenian genocide, but the continual denial of it that continues even today. Today, despite pressure from around the world, the Turkish Government still continues to deny the events that occurred against the Armenian people during world war 1, and today this refusal still affects not only the survivors of this massacre, but their ancestors Christians around the world.
The Armenian Genocide was a plot established by the leaders of the Ottoman Empire of the time, the …show more content…
Though if any other country, such as America or France attempts to acknowledge the occurrence of the genocide, Turkey threaten to suspend trade deals, and even in the case of America the closure of a vital airbase near the border of Syria. The phrase “Armenian genocide” didn’t even appear in American publication until 2004, nearly 90 years after the beginning of the genocide. Despite this though, in 2010 a US congressional panel voted to recognize the genocide, despite their reluctance to condemn those they believe …show more content…
Today Muslims in Nigeria the ‘Boko Haram’ are waging a jihad on Nigerian Christian, the only difference between the two their religion. But it does beg the question, why is the war between Christians and Muslims continually waged today? Theodore Roosevelt said in 1918,
“the Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war, and the failure to act against Turkey] is to condone it… the failure to deal radically with the Turkish horror means that all talk of guaranteeing the future peace of the world is mischievous nonsense.”
Perhaps Turkey’s failure to acknowledge the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide, does condone the actions of killing those based on their religion and ethnicity, allowing such actions to continue today. Even Adolf Hitler when asked about the rationale of the Jewish genocide said “Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?”
In conclusion, the refusal of the Turkish government to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide holds severe ramifications in today’s society, for not only the ancestors of those who survived, but the global Christian community and the actions taken against their religion even