01 March 2010
Battle over Armenian genocide being fought on U.S. soil
“60 Minutes” aired a segment Sunday night on the Armenian genocide of 1915 that is worth watching. It’s not a subject that gets a lot of media attention and thus, not one a lot of people know about.
Ottoman Turks deported and killed Christian Armenians, a minority in the predominately Muslim region. Moreover, historians argue that the genocide served as an example to Hitler. Turkey, however, has long said that what happened during World War I under the Ottoman Empire does not constitute genocide.
Today, Congress is debating whether the U.S. government should officially recognize the Armenian genocide. It’s something they’ve argued about before, and it’s an issue President Obama himself has taken up, but one that has been left unresolved because of a fear of damaging U.S./Turkey relations.
Here is a peak at the 60 minutes segment…
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