Obama contributing to the Turkish campaign, perpetuating Turkey's massive lie: The Huffington Post

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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has told PSG they can sign Gonzalo Higuain - if they agree to take Kaka off their books also.
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Juventus are no longer in the race for Arsenal striker Robin van Persie as manager Antonio Conte has preferred Napoli's Edinson Cavani.
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18:37 | Armenia Youth Foundation of Armenia official website down after hack attack

Web security specialists are trying to restore the website to normal operation in a short time.
Source: Youth Foundation of Armenia
18:35 | Armenia Aram Safaryan denies rumors about his future appointment as ambassador

“Prosperous Armenia Party’s political council has not considered any such issue, especially with regard to me,” he told Panorama.am.
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18:33 | Armenia Naira Zohrabyan: Coalition not a goal in itself

“I reiterate to all political scientists, analysts and politicians that for us coalition is not a goal in itself,” she said in a statement.
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17:31 | Armenia Weather forecast: Air temperature to go up

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14:26 | Armenia RPA Executive Body session to be held May 17

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Kocharyan tasked Ghukasyan to support Bako Sahakyan in the presidential elections and to wait for his decisive word because he has something very important to say to both Bako Sahakyan and Arkady Ghukasyan after elections.
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18:44 | Armenia Suren Petrosian wins silver at German Team Cup

Baden-Baden won German Team Cup 2012.
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17:44 | Armenia Korean parliamentary delegation visits Genocide Memorial in Tsitsernakaberd

Delegates laid flowers at the Armenian Genocide Memorial and observed a minute's silence in memory of the Armenian Genocide victims.
Source: National Assembly
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15:52 | Armenia This time NTRC targets Yerkir Media

The National Television and Radio Commission (NTRC) will meet on May 18 to discuss the issue of imposing administrative fine on Kentron and Yerkir Media TV companies.
Source: Panorama.am
15:51 | Armenia Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan to visit Israel

The Armenian delegation will visit agricultural food companies and attend 18th international agricultural Agritech exhibition in Tel Aviv on May 15-17.
Source: Agriculture Ministry
15:21 | In the world CSTO jubilee session kicks off in Moscow

President of host country Vladimir Putin made opening remarks.
Source: Panorama.am
15:19 | Armenia Armenian delegation arrived in Moscow

Heads of CSTO member states – Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are supposed to attend the session.
Source: Panorama.am
15:18 | Armenia Nalbandian attends CSTO ministerial session

Foreign Ministry press office said the highlights of the session were the 20th anniversary of the Treaty and 10th anniversary of the CSTO.
Source: MFA press office
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15:00 | Armenia Expert says Iran-Armenia share new phase of economic cooperation

Hence, friendly relations with Iran should first of all be observed from the national security point, and refrain from making it a topic of geo-political interests.
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14:59 | Armenia Expert says co-chairs’ statement makes aggressor more uncontrolled

What we demand is impartial examination of incidents, revelation of the guilty side and appropriate conduct.
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Source: Zhoghovurd
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Source: Hayatsk
12:33 | Armenia Casting for PAP party list candidates goes on

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Source: Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun

19:06 27/04/2010 » Politics

The Huffington Post published “Anything but Genocide: Obama, Turkey, and the Armenian Holocaust” article by US bloger and publicist Michael J.W. Stickings.

In his article the author makes critical reference to the US Barack Obama April 24 address. “I appreciate the fact that President Obama used the proper Armenian term, Meds Yeghern ("Great Catastrophe"), when referring on Saturday to the Armenian massacre at the hands of the Turks, which took place between 1915 and 1917, but it is telling that he refused to call it what it was: genocide,” he says.

Citing some parts from Obama address, Michael J.W. Stickings says: “Yes, it was "one of the worst atrocities" of the last century. Yes, an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed. Yes, it was "a devastating chapter in the history of the Armenian people." Yes, "we must keep its memory alive." But that's not good enough.”

Obama's use of Meds Yeghern "is an elegant dodge to avoid using the 'g-word' -- but the substance of what he states about what happened gives no comfort to those who cling to the Turkish official version," says Harvard University's Andras Riedlmayer. "1.5 million Armenians were rounded up and massacred or marched to their death. Despite the passive construction, that assumes intentionality," the author says.

“Nevertheless, such nuance was not appreciated by the Armenian American lobby group, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), which rapped Obama for "disgraceful capitulation to Turkey's threats" and of "offering euphemisms and evasive terminology to characterize this crime against humanity," in a press release Saturday,” Michael J.W. Stickings writes highlighting that he has written about this issue a couple of times: “I was critical of Bush, but I've been critical of Obama, too.”
The writer expresses his discontent over the US President-in –Office this way:

“I wouldn't describe Obama and those in his administration as deniers, but they're certainly doing much the same thing the previous administration did, namely, refusing to acknowledge publicly that what happened in Armenia was genocide, and all because of those ever-so-delicate, ever-so-important American-Turkish relations, which apparently couldn't survive an admission of truth.

For its part, Turkey has been waging a decades-long campaign to deny the genocide, a shameful refusal not just to take responsibility for one of the most horrendous massacres in history but even to admit that it really happened. And its reaction when challenged, this time as always, suggests a level of collective national immaturity that is truly appalling.

In other words, while I suspect that Obama knows full well that it was genocide, and that the Turks are, on this issue, a nation of collective revisionists (and liars), he is effectively contributing to the Turkish campaign, perpetuating Turkey's massive lie, taking Turkey's side against efforts in Congress to call it genocide, and all because he wants to avoid annoying the Turks and risking... what?

Yes, what exactly? Is he afraid that Ankara won't return his phone calls? Is Turkey such an essential ally that it must be appeased no matter what? Would Turkey really refuse to do business with the U.S. and/or support U.S. foreign policy if Obama actually took a firm stand and called it genocide? Sure, the Turks would whine and complain and threaten to sever diplomatic ties, as they've done before (even over non-binding committee resolutions in the House of Representatives), but so what? Does anyone honestly think Turkey can do without America? Please.

Honestly, I wish the president would pull a Jon Stewart and tell the Turks to go ..., well, you know.

Diplomatically, of course.”

Source: Panorama.am