Genocide, what genocide? Obama changed his tune last week.

[Skeptic]

It's hardly the first thing he ever changed the tune on, and I certainly don't expect it to be the last. What surprises me, however, is that many of his promises turn out to be empty,

Why are you so surprised? All politicians break some, indeed many, election promises, but in Obama's case all he had was empty election promises, since he was essentially elected for being a blank slate: "The One", someone who can promise everybody everything and let people project their own wishes on him.

 

[funk de fino]

I'd like a source if that is not too much trouble.

 

[McHrozni]

Why are you so surprised? All politicians break some, indeed many, election promises, but in Obama's case all he had was empty election promises, since he was essentially elected for being a blank slate: "The One", someone who can promise everybody everything and let people project their own wishes on him.

I certainly agree with that. I certainly expected him to break many of his promises.

However, some of his promises would be very easy to keep. Posting bills on the White House web site for five days before signing is one such example. Making a promise you know you can't keep is politics. Making a promise you and everybody else know you can keep, and then breaking the promise, is stupidity. I'm inclined to say recognizing Armenian genocide falls in the same category.

McHrozni

 

[daenku32]

And why doesn't Turkey recognize the genocide? What are they trying to hide?

Then again, Armenia should just get over it.

 

[FireGarden]

Armenia should not just get over it. They're not letting it rule their lives, they merely want recognition of history.

btw, They've signed agreements with Turkey:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8299712.stm

Turkey and Armenia have signed a historic accord normalising relations after a century of hostility.

[...] Under the agreement, Turkey and Armenia are to establish diplomatic ties and reopen their shared border.

[...] Armenia wants Turkey to recognise the killings as an act of genocide, but successive Turkish governments have refused to do so.

The agreement calls for a joint commission, also including international experts, to examine the "historical dimension" of the two countries' relations.

 

[Kodiak]

...recognize the Nakba in Palestine.

Nakba...

Isn't that a spongy yeast cake that is traditionally baked for Easter Sunday in Eastern Europe?