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| Obama On Armenian Genocide Day - Doesn't use word "genocide" |
| 2009-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama avoided the word "genocide" in a statement he just released recalling the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. Obama is marking the memory of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians killed in Turkey, and the choice of his exact words was being watched closely. As a candidate, Obama pledged to recognize the killings as genocide. In his statement Friday, the president referred to "one of the greatest atrocities of the 20th century." |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #5 since we're criminalizing political decisions, I'd like to offer the "Civilian Death Catastrophe - Criminal Negligence act of 2012" when all this shit is piled back on Obama, Axelrod, Reid, Pelosi,.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-04-24 22:12 |
| #4 Let us all gather solemnly and wank over old grievances. But don't call it as genocide. It was just a man-caused disaster where a large number of people unfortunately and rather inexplicably died. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-04-24 21:28 |
| #3 Obama, like the rest of the left, has no problem labeling America with overblown, out of context, 'crimes' and 'missteps'. It's just another example of "one set of rules for thee and another set of rules for me". America is damned if its not perfect, but everyone else gets a pass after the Apology Tour '09. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-04-24 18:20 |
| #2 Eh, I'm going to have to side with the mirrorball on this one. This ancient history crap isn't worth the candle. Not with Georgia about to get royally rogered on Turkey's north-east border. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-04-24 16:20 |
| #1 Coming down kinda strong there aren't ya, Barry? How about "real bad stuff that happened a long time ago. Before I was even born." |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-04-24 16:10 |