Focus (Forum & Focus)
Nov. 10, 2007
Should Security Concerns or Moral Leadership Win Out in Genocide Debate?
Forum Column - By John A. Hall - The passage of a congressional resolution condemning the Armenian Genocide would have given the United States a chance to speak out on human rights abuses. It also could have poisoned U.S. relations with Turkey at a critical moment in world politics.
By John A. Hall
The Democratic leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, promised to bring to a floor vote a resolution stating that the suffering of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1917 constituted genocide. However, in the face of warnings from the White House and others that such a resolution would seriously damage U.S.-Turkish relations and imperil Ame...
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