Biden recognized systematic
killings of Christian Armenians by Islamic Turkey was genocide
By Julio Severo
President Joe Biden has formally
recognized that systematic killings and deportations of hundreds of thousands
of Christian Armenians by Muslim Turkey in 1915 was genocide.
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Yet, he did not mention directly the words
“Christian” and “Muslim.”
For decades the White House has avoided
saying that Islamic Turkey committed genocide against Christian Armenians over
concerns that such recognition could damage relations with NATO ally Turkey.
Even former
President Donald Trump never recognized the Turkish genocide against Armenian Christians,
preferring to say
that he was a big fan of Islamic dictator Recep Erdogan.
He wasted a golden opportunity to
recognize the genocide against Christians, and Biden, even though a
left-winger, did the unthinkable by recognizing it. No one expected him to do
it, even though, to be consistent, he should also recognize the genocide of
about 1 million babies who are killed year by year in abortion facilities in
the U.S.
Biden’s historic declaration has been
celebrated by Christian Armenians, but provoked an angry response in Islamic
Turkey, which said that Biden’s decision “will open a deep wound that
undermines our mutual trust and friendship.”
An estimated two million Christian
Armenians were deported and 1.5 million were killed in the events known as Metz
Yeghern.
In his statement that did not mention the
word “Christian,” Biden said the American people honor “all those Armenians who
perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago today.”
He added: “Over the decades Armenian
immigrants have enriched the United States in countless ways, but they have
never forgotten the tragic history… We honor their story. We see that pain. We
affirm the history. We do this not to cast blame but to ensure that what
happened is never repeated.”
With his acknowledgement, Biden fulfilled
a campaign promise he made in 2020 on the annual commemoration of Armenian
Genocide Remembrance Day to recognize that the events of 1915 to 1923 were a
genocide against Armenians.
In a letter to Biden, Armenia’s Prime
Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote that the U.S. president’s message was received
with great enthusiasm by the people of Armenia and Armenians worldwide.
“The acknowledgement of the Armenian
Genocide is important not only as a tribute paid to the 1.5 million innocent
victims, but also in terms of preventing the recurrence of similar crimes
against mankind,” he added.
A statement from the Turkish Foreign
Ministry called on Biden to correct what it described as “a grave mistake.”
It read: “We reject and denounce in the
strongest terms the statement of the President of the US regarding the events
of 1915 made under the pressure of radical Armenian circles and anti-Turkey
groups. It is clear that the said statement does not have a scholarly and legal
basis, nor is it supported by any evidence. This statement... will open a deep
wound that undermines our mutual trust and friendship.”
Essentially, Turkey used revisionism (a
tool commonly used by left-wingers) to deny that what they did against
Christians was genocide.
Erdogan had established a close bond with
former U.S. president Donald Trump, but the Biden administration has grown more
vocal about Turkey’s human rights track record.
Again, if Biden is so concerned about
human rights, why is its administration giving billions of dollars to fund
abortion facilities that kill 4,000 American babies a day?
Trump was right when he denounced
abortion, but he was wrong by not denouncing the Turkish genocide against
Christian Armenians.
Biden was right when he denounced the
Turkish genocide, but he was wrong by not denouncing the genocide of abortion
in America.
With information from the Daily Mail.
Portuguese
version of this article: Biden reconheceu que os assassinatos sistemáticos de
armênios cristãos por parte da Turquia islâmica foi genocídio
Source: Last Days Watchman
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