Yesterday 20 Turkish soldiers were either killed or captured by Kurdish rebels in south-eastern Turkey, prompting a response throughout the country and reinforcing Turkey's plan to attack northern Iraq. Because we had talked about possible ramifications of passing the Armenian Genocide bill I thought it was interesting that a Turkish invasion of Iraq is becoming an increasingly viable possibility. In the face of these new developments, and the immanent effect it could have on America's interests overseas, does anyone still think passing the bill was the "right" thing to do?
This is the link to the story http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey
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This bill will only put the lives of the Kurds in danger, and further damage US relations in the region. Turkey is one of the few allies we have left in the Middle East, we cannot afford for them to cut relations off from us.
By recognizing a genocide that happened 100 years ago, we establish the potential for another genocide, against the Kurds, and lose one of our key military depots.
I agree with Barzin, and I think that this event is showing that this was not the right time to pass that resolution. One might argue that there are no "right times", but there will certainly be times more right than this one, when we are putting so many human lives in danger through the resolution.
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