The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted 23-22 to approve the non-binding resolution, which calls on President Barack Obama to ensure U.S. policy formally refers to the killings as genocide.
The action cleared the way for the measure to be considered by the full House but it was unclear whether it would actually come to a vote there. The Obama administration and Turkey had pressed lawmakers to drop the matter.
The vote triggered an immediate condemnation from Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who recalled Turkey's ambassador to Washington for consultations. Erdogan said he worried the measure would harm Turkish-U.S. ties and efforts by Muslim Turkey and Christian Armenia to end a century of hostility.
The idiot Dems just can't let things that happened nearly a 100 years ago stay buried. The Ottoman Empire might have committed genocide of the Armenians but there is no reason to rub Turkey's nose in it.
It is as if the Turks passed a bill stating we committed genocide against Native Americans. They would be right but who are they to comment about it in their Parliament.
All I can think of is that the Congress still thinks that the Ottoman Sultan is still in charge in Istanbul. I bet the next thing they are going to do is bring Mehmed VI in front of a criminal court and try him for crimes against humanity. Wait, he died in 1926.
Maybe that idiot Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Howard Berman D-CA can round up some 100+ year old Turks and try them instead. What a joke these Dems are.
He should know that this is a sore point with the Turks and there is absolutely nothing to be gained by bringing it up. They are one of our only Muslim allies in the area and all this does is antagonize them. I think Obama needs to come out and condemn this action immediately to prevent further damage. Then we need Congress to get back into the hands of people that do not alienate our allies.
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