And so the first step is made. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. Congress’ House of Representatives approved Resolution 106 to describe the World War I-era killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide. However three hours after the US President George W. Bush made an announcement that this step is too soon to make at this stage as Turkey is the ally of the US in the NATO and is an important partner in the fight against terrorism. It is ridiculous but the history is repeating. At present in the same territories Turkey is destroying the Kurds (has a great experience in abolishing people) just like it was destroying Armenians in the same territories 98 years ago. By the way, it was done not without the help of the Kurds. Is Bush not aware of this? How can Turkey be considered a country, which fights terrorism in the event when many other countries have considered Turkey as a state involved in mass destruction of people? What is the reason that Bush in such an effortful manner supports its NATO ally? Perhaps it’s impossible to fight against terrorism without Turkey. Or perhaps the issue of recognizing or denying the Armenian Genocide is a powerful lever for the US to pressure on Ankara. And for Ankara the game, which is called fight against terrorism, is a great opportunity to get rid of the Kurds and the demands of the Armenians to recognize what was called the “Armenian World”. By answering the above-mentioned that here there is a more practical and short-sighted cynicism than a desire to provide a long-lasting stability in the region. “Due” to the Genocide millions of Armenian living in different corners of the world will not leave alone not only George W. Bush, who naively thinks that his short-sighted policy will be appreciated by the history, by the Turks and Armenians, but also Turkey. The history teaches when you know it or memorize it. But if you don’t know the history another one shows up – history of the ignorant ones.
