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IAGS PRESIDENT DR. GREG STANTON OUTLINES COSTS OF GENOCIDE DENIAL AT CAPITOL HILL OBSERVANCE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
armradio.am
29.04.2008 16:37
On April 23rd, International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)
and Genocide Watch President, Dr. Greg Stanton, gave keynote remarks
at the Capitol Hill Observance of the Armenian Genocide, organized
by the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues.
Citing the House Foreign Affairs Committee passage last year of the
Armenian Genocide resolution, Stanton explained that by postponing
a full House vote, "Again the United States surrendered to the
ninety-year campaign of denial by the government of Turkey. The State
Department and the White House have continued the cowardly policies
of every Secretary of State since Lansing who have considered it
more important to placate the Turkish government than to be truthful
about history."
Dr. Stanton went on to explain the eight stages of genocide and
the dangerous cost of genocide denial both to the victims and the
perpetrators.
He described the benefits of genocide recognition, stating that
"telling the truth would ultimately be good for U.S.-Turkish relations,
because they would no longer be based on diplomatic lies." Passage of
the Armenian Genocide Resolution, he noted, would also "pay tribute
to America's first international human rights movement
armradio.am
29.04.2008 16:37
On April 23rd, International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)
and Genocide Watch President, Dr. Greg Stanton, gave keynote remarks
at the Capitol Hill Observance of the Armenian Genocide, organized
by the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues.
Citing the House Foreign Affairs Committee passage last year of the
Armenian Genocide resolution, Stanton explained that by postponing
a full House vote, "Again the United States surrendered to the
ninety-year campaign of denial by the government of Turkey. The State
Department and the White House have continued the cowardly policies
of every Secretary of State since Lansing who have considered it
more important to placate the Turkish government than to be truthful
about history."
Dr. Stanton went on to explain the eight stages of genocide and
the dangerous cost of genocide denial both to the victims and the
perpetrators.
He described the benefits of genocide recognition, stating that
"telling the truth would ultimately be good for U.S.-Turkish relations,
because they would no longer be based on diplomatic lies." Passage of
the Armenian Genocide Resolution, he noted, would also "pay tribute
to America's first international human rights movement