Genocide pays.‏

October 10, 2009 ANCA ACTION ** ANCA ACTION ** ANCA ACTION TELL THE PRESIDENT: GENOCIDE SHOULDN'T PAY [click here] ANCA Statement on the Signing of the Turkey-Armenia Protocols WASHINGTON, DC - ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian made the following statement following the signing of the Turkey-Armenia protocols earlier today. "The success of Turkey in pressuring Armenia into accepting these humiliating, one-sided protocols proves, sadly, that genocide pays." "President Obama, rather than honoring his pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide, went in exactly the opposite direction, applying the full force of our nation's diplomacy to twist the arm of a landlocked and blockaded Armenia - a nation still struggling with the brutal legacy of its near-destruction - into accepting a dangerous set of protocols that call into question this very crime against humanity." "The ANCA and all Armenian Americans will continue our efforts to restore morality to our nation's response to the Armenian Genocide, and, more broadly, to the cause of genocide prevention. We will also work to prevent Turkey from using this agreement to further its genocide denial campaign, to undermine the rights of the Armenian nation, or to threaten the freedom of Nagorno Karabagh." Armenian Caucus Against Protocols' Historical Commission -- Urge Secretary Clinton to End Exclusion of Armenian American Community; Prevent "Turkish Bullying of our Armenian Ally" WASHINGTON, DC - On the eve of the signing of the Turkey-Armenia protocols, Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) were joined by lead Armenian Genocide Resolution sponsors Adam Schiff (D-CA) and George Radanovich (R-CA) in expressing concerns about a provision in the agreements that the Turkish government is already using to call into question the truth of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). "As leaders of the Armenia Caucus in the House of Representatives, we share the concern of the Armenian-American community regarding the possibility of creating a historical commission to review the events of 1915 to 1923. This is a thoroughly discredited idea," noted the legislators in joint statement. "Turkey cannot be allowed to re-invent this tragic part of its history as a price for normal relations with Armenia. To do so means acquiescence in a charade that demeans the memory of so many victims." Read more. . . Search the web with www.goodsearch.com and money from Yahoo advertisers will go to the ANCA without you spending a dime. A penny per search! Use www.goodshop.com for online purchases from hundreds of popular sites and a percentage comes back to the ANCA. When you GoodSearch & GoodShop - Choose the ANCA ! Published by the Armenian National Committee of America 1711 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 775-1918, Fax: (202) 775-5648, E-mail: anca@anca.org, Web: www.anca.org Disclaimer: This message was distributed to the "ANCA News" list. If you received this message in error or would like to be removed from the list, please send an email to anca_list@capwiz.mailmanager.net or click below. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please forward this message only to friends and family, who you know would be interested in this issue. Please note that sending unsolicited e-mail is considered "spam" and is illegal.