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Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress
« on: December 17, 2019, 06:12:17 pm »
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Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress

The Trump administration has said it does not consider the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 to be a genocide, contradicting a unanimous vote by the US Senate.

The historic vote last week incensed Turkey, which has always denied that the killings amounted to a genocide.

Turkey's foreign ministry on Friday summoned the US ambassador to express its anger over the vote, accusing the US of "politicising history".

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50828179

"...   a unanimous vote by the US Senate.", So not even one dissenting vote? Interesting.
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Re: Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2019, 06:33:21 pm »
Quote from: TomSea on December 17, 2019, 06:12:17 pm
"...   a unanimous vote by the US Senate.", So not even one dissenting vote? Interesting.

Tell the Turkish POS, we call your outrage, and raise you a NATO expulsion.
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Re: Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2019, 06:43:05 pm »
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It doesnt matter what the Trump administration says because if this were a Bill & not a Resolution, it would be veto proof due to the overwhelming votes in the House & Senate.  What's disturbing is Trumps continued loyalty to Erdogan over his own Congress.


https://twitter.com/janetcalif/status/1207004168189145088

I wonder if a "Bill" would have more effect and a "Resolution" just calls attention to the genocide. It's somewhat symbolic and I read one voice saying a "political" move. Nonetheless, it will carry some weight.

And IMHO, another very poor foreign policy decision.
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Re: Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2019, 06:52:52 pm »
Is Kim Kardashian available for comment or anyone in the family for that matter? Maybe they tweet too.

I can see he didn't care to alienate Turkey...that's all he can say. Nobody agrees with him in the Senate. Maybe Omar voted against this measure.
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Re: Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2019, 10:47:38 pm »
Have to disagree with Trump on this one.
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Re: Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2019, 11:42:10 pm »
Most of the time Trump is in his buffoon mode but on the Armenian Genocide he's moved
over to his moron mode.
This is a fact of history, hardly a dispute, as the Ottomans committed repeated atrocities
against the Armenians in the 19th & 20th centuries for which their agents, the Kurds,
formally asked the world to forgive them, many years past.
Someone alert Trumpet.
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Re: Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2019, 12:01:52 am »
Quote from: Absalom on December 17, 2019, 11:42:10 pm
Most of the time Trump is in his buffoon mode but on the Armenian Genocide he's moved
over to his moron mode.
This is a fact of history, hardly a dispute, as the Ottomans committed repeated atrocities
against the Armenians in the 19th & 20th centuries for which their agents, the Kurds,
formally asked the world to forgive them, many years past.
Someone alert Trumpet.

This is one time I oppose Trump,  I think he's trying to curry favor with that scumbag, Erdogan. 
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Re: Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2019, 02:18:49 am »
Quote from: dfwgator on December 18, 2019, 12:01:52 am
This is one time I oppose Trump,  I think he's trying to curry favor with that scumbag, Erdogan.
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