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MEHMET ALI BIRAND: TURKEY WAS ABOUT TO RECEIVE A GOAL IN ITS GOALPOST IN RESPECT TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 24, 2010 - 18:49 AMT 14:49 GMT
Turkey was about to incidentally receive a goal in its goalpost in
respect to the Armenian Genocide bill as it was playing in overtime,
Mehmet Ali Birand liberal Turkish journalist said in his article.
"Pressure form the Obama administration, not enough votes in the
Congress and not sufficient support from the Israeli lobby saved us
from this goal.
Everybody took a deep breath. But don't worry there will be another
bill in April. And if that one doesn't pass there will be another one
the following year. This will continue until 2015 (100th anniversary
of Armenian Genocide). If no vital steps are taken or any progress
made the Armenians will try and do their best to pass the draft.
The only way to stop this course was the protocols signed with
Yerevan. It was expected to take pressure off of our shoulders.But
Ankara could not keep these protocols alive. The ministry for foreign
affairs either was unable to explain itself to Azerbaijanis or the
Azerbaijanis didn't care or take it serious. But when things got
serious and protocols were signed, they got upset. Turkey couldn't
break Aliyev's heart and succumbed to Baku," Hurriyet Daily News
cites the author as saying.
"In short, Ankara regrets it now. It is obvious that as long as these
protocols are not revived it won't rid itself of the Armenian spiral.
So what are we supposed to do? Will we live through this torture
every year until 2015?," Birand questions.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 24, 2010 - 18:49 AMT 14:49 GMT
Turkey was about to incidentally receive a goal in its goalpost in
respect to the Armenian Genocide bill as it was playing in overtime,
Mehmet Ali Birand liberal Turkish journalist said in his article.
"Pressure form the Obama administration, not enough votes in the
Congress and not sufficient support from the Israeli lobby saved us
from this goal.
Everybody took a deep breath. But don't worry there will be another
bill in April. And if that one doesn't pass there will be another one
the following year. This will continue until 2015 (100th anniversary
of Armenian Genocide). If no vital steps are taken or any progress
made the Armenians will try and do their best to pass the draft.
The only way to stop this course was the protocols signed with
Yerevan. It was expected to take pressure off of our shoulders.But
Ankara could not keep these protocols alive. The ministry for foreign
affairs either was unable to explain itself to Azerbaijanis or the
Azerbaijanis didn't care or take it serious. But when things got
serious and protocols were signed, they got upset. Turkey couldn't
break Aliyev's heart and succumbed to Baku," Hurriyet Daily News
cites the author as saying.
"In short, Ankara regrets it now. It is obvious that as long as these
protocols are not revived it won't rid itself of the Armenian spiral.
So what are we supposed to do? Will we live through this torture
every year until 2015?," Birand questions.
From: A. Papazian