Biden recognizes Armenian genocide
Apr 25, 2021 7:56:11 GMT -5
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Post by robeiae on Apr 25, 2021 7:56:11 GMT -5
www.npr.org/2021/04/24/990292454/biden-calls-slaughter-of-armenians-a-genocide-posing-test-for-u-s-ties-with-turk
Good for Biden, fuck Turkey's feelings.
This is something that's been a long time coming. We--meaning the US--eat a lot of shit from the world at large for our own historical failures (slavery, treatment of native Americans, etc.) and rightfully so. But in the name of "diplomacy," we too often let other countries pretend that their own historical--and present day--failures didn't happen. Turkey has been getting away with this particular rewrite for a long, long time.
President Biden on Saturday declared the mass slaughter of Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks more than a century ago a "genocide," bucking pressure from Turkey's government as well as decades of precedent to describe the atrocity as one that was ethnically motivated.
"Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring," Biden said in a statement.
"Let us renew our shared resolve to prevent future atrocities from occurring anywhere in the world," the president said. "And let us pursue healing and reconciliation for all the people of the world.
"The American people honor all those Armenians who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago today," he concluded.
"Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring," Biden said in a statement.
"Let us renew our shared resolve to prevent future atrocities from occurring anywhere in the world," the president said. "And let us pursue healing and reconciliation for all the people of the world.
"The American people honor all those Armenians who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago today," he concluded.
This is something that's been a long time coming. We--meaning the US--eat a lot of shit from the world at large for our own historical failures (slavery, treatment of native Americans, etc.) and rightfully so. But in the name of "diplomacy," we too often let other countries pretend that their own historical--and present day--failures didn't happen. Turkey has been getting away with this particular rewrite for a long, long time.