I Want Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
It's Time for the U.S. to Recognize the Armenian Genocide
--- By Becky Romero ---
Why did Calvin Coolidge show infinitely more courage than Barack Obama has re: Turkey's genocide of Armenians?
As a Democrat who believes strongly in human rights I am appalled at President Barack Obama's indifference to the Armenian genocide that took place in the early part of the 20th century.
As a Democrat, I am embarrassed for my party that one of the most conservative presidents the country has ever had, Calvin Coolidge, showed infinitely more courage in acknowledging the Armenian genocide than Barack Obama.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/armenian-orphan-rug-remains-in-white-house-storage-as-unseen-as-genocide-is-neglected/2013/10/21/90458518-3a6d-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html
If that link ever goes down, it's on the Internet Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180201101147/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/armenian-orphan-rug-remains-in-white-house-storage-as-unseen-as-genocide-is-neglected/2013/10/21/90458518-3a6d-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html?utm_term=.67363da4ba96
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President Calvin Coolidge even posed for photos with a rug woven by Armenian orphans of Turkey's genocidal policies. The rug was given to him as a Christmas present.
Meanwhile, Barack Obama refused to allow the Smithsonian to even display the tapestry, lest it offend the Islamic Government of Turkey!
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I originally published this on The Experience Project, January 31, 2014.
--- By Becky Romero ---
Why did Calvin Coolidge show infinitely more courage than Barack Obama has re: Turkey's genocide of Armenians?
As a Democrat who believes strongly in human rights I am appalled at President Barack Obama's indifference to the Armenian genocide that took place in the early part of the 20th century.
As a Democrat, I am embarrassed for my party that one of the most conservative presidents the country has ever had, Calvin Coolidge, showed infinitely more courage in acknowledging the Armenian genocide than Barack Obama.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/armenian-orphan-rug-remains-in-white-house-storage-as-unseen-as-genocide-is-neglected/2013/10/21/90458518-3a6d-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html
If that link ever goes down, it's on the Internet Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180201101147/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/armenian-orphan-rug-remains-in-white-house-storage-as-unseen-as-genocide-is-neglected/2013/10/21/90458518-3a6d-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html?utm_term=.67363da4ba96
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President Calvin Coolidge even posed for photos with a rug woven by Armenian orphans of Turkey's genocidal policies. The rug was given to him as a Christmas present.
Meanwhile, Barack Obama refused to allow the Smithsonian to even display the tapestry, lest it offend the Islamic Government of Turkey!
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I originally published this on The Experience Project, January 31, 2014.
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