Tweet
U.S. A BAD EXAMPLE OF JUSTICE
Washington Post
Oct 15 2007
This question boggles my mind. I haven't the faintest idea why the
U.S. Congress thinks it can pass resolutions concerning countries
as far away as Turkey, even if that nation is a "close ally." Why
do American legislators think they have a right to behave as if they
were the only perfect representatives of justice? I'm not even sure
that justice as such exists these days, or that it has existed since
the two World Wars. If the U.S. Congress feels it should negotiate
all the injustices of the last sixty or seventy years, that's fine
with me. But where is the resolution condemning Hiroshima, or the
wars in Korea and Vietnam? Where is the resolution condemning the
U.S.'s passive stance toward Hungary in 1956? That's only the first
of a troublingly long list.
Don't reject this argument by telling me that the Turks really
massacred lots of Armenians. During the decades in question, there
were massacres all over the world, quite a number of them carried
out by American troops and weapons. Why did the U.S. administration
not do anything to stop the Armenian killings when they occurred?
Moreover, why can't this administration stop the killings in its
current wars? I don't know. The lack of an acceptable answer boggles
my mind even more than does this PostGlobal question.
Miklos Vamos Budapest, Hungary Miklos Vamos is a Hungarian novelist,
screenwriter and talk show host. He is one of the most read and
respected writers in his native Hungary. He has taught at Yale
University on a Fulbright fellowship, served as The Nation's East
European correspondent, worked as consultant on the Oscar-winning film
Mephisto, and presented Hungary's most-watched cultural television
show. Vamos has received numerous awards for his plays, screenplays,
novels and short stories, including the Hungarian Merit Award for
lifetime achievement. The Book of Fathers is considered his most
accomplished novel and has sold 200,000 copies in Hungary.
Washington Post
Oct 15 2007
This question boggles my mind. I haven't the faintest idea why the
U.S. Congress thinks it can pass resolutions concerning countries
as far away as Turkey, even if that nation is a "close ally." Why
do American legislators think they have a right to behave as if they
were the only perfect representatives of justice? I'm not even sure
that justice as such exists these days, or that it has existed since
the two World Wars. If the U.S. Congress feels it should negotiate
all the injustices of the last sixty or seventy years, that's fine
with me. But where is the resolution condemning Hiroshima, or the
wars in Korea and Vietnam? Where is the resolution condemning the
U.S.'s passive stance toward Hungary in 1956? That's only the first
of a troublingly long list.
Don't reject this argument by telling me that the Turks really
massacred lots of Armenians. During the decades in question, there
were massacres all over the world, quite a number of them carried
out by American troops and weapons. Why did the U.S. administration
not do anything to stop the Armenian killings when they occurred?
Moreover, why can't this administration stop the killings in its
current wars? I don't know. The lack of an acceptable answer boggles
my mind even more than does this PostGlobal question.
Miklos Vamos Budapest, Hungary Miklos Vamos is a Hungarian novelist,
screenwriter and talk show host. He is one of the most read and
respected writers in his native Hungary. He has taught at Yale
University on a Fulbright fellowship, served as The Nation's East
European correspondent, worked as consultant on the Oscar-winning film
Mephisto, and presented Hungary's most-watched cultural television
show. Vamos has received numerous awards for his plays, screenplays,
novels and short stories, including the Hungarian Merit Award for
lifetime achievement. The Book of Fathers is considered his most
accomplished novel and has sold 200,000 copies in Hungary.