Mustafa Akyol is in good company: neither he nor John Kerry are in danger of serving ten years in a Turkish prison for affirming the historical reality of the Armenian genocide. From Zaman Online, with thanks to Funcon:
The US Democratic Party's Presidential Candidate, Senator John F. Kerry, put a damper on the expectations of Armenian lobbyists on the issue of genocide.Kerry denied claims made by the Armenian lobby in late August that he will accept the Armenian Genocide resolution. The Presidential candidate told Zaman that he contributed to Senator Robert Dole's initiatives on the subject in 1990, but said he has not made any statement that he would accept the resolution either before the upcoming elections on November 2nd or within the last 10 years. Kerry said, "Turkey is one of America's oldest allies and it will remain so."
Even if the truth is a casualty of this alliance, eh?
In the first round of debates between the presidential candidates, Kerry narrowed the gap between him and his Republican rival, US President George W. Bush. Kerry, like Bush, gave his full support to Turkey's accession to the European Union (EU). The Massachusetts Senator added that Turkey's candidacy is a must for both Europe and Turkey. He said if he is elected President, the friendship between the two countries will be maintained as is.At a Democrat Party committee meeting on October 2nd, the Senator paused when he was told that his statement that he intends to accept the alleged Armenian genocide deeply upset Turkish society and voters of Turkish origin. He asked when he had made the statement and was told "last month." Kerry responded by absolutely denying it and stressed that he has said no such thing over the past ten years.
Senator Kerry (and Mustafa Akyol) might wish to refer to these extracts from my book Onward Muslim Soldiers on the Armenian genocide:
The missionary Johannes Lepsius, who visited Armenia during World War I, recounts how well the Ottomans did their work, and referred to the cover-up of these horrific events. “Are we then simply forbidden to speak of the Armenians as persecuted on account of their religious belief? If so, there have never been any religious persecutions in the world. . . . We have lists before us of 559 villages whose surviving inhabitants were converted to Islam with fire and sword; of 568 churches thoroughly pillaged, destroyed and razed to the ground; of 282 Christian churches transformed into mosques; of 21 Protestant preachers and 170 Gregorian (Armenian) priests who were, after enduring unspeakable tortures, murdered on their refusal to accept Islam. We repeat, however, that those figures express only the extent of our information, and do not by a long way reach to the extent of the reality. Is this a religious persecution or is it not?”The New York Times reported it in 1915: “Both Armenians and Greeks, the two native Christian races of Turkey, are being systematically uprooted from their homes en masse and driven forth summarily to distant provinces, where they are scattered in small groups among Turkish Villages and given the choice between immediate acceptance of Islam or death by the sword or starvation.” The Times of London noted somewhat later that Assyrian Christians in what is now Iraq suffered at the hands of the Turks as well: “Telegrams from Mesopotamia state that some 47,000 refugees largely Nestorians, have come into the British lines after having got through the Turkish lines. Many of these are being taken to camps near Baghdad. A further 10,000 have been absorbed in the towns of Kurdistan or are wandering among the hills. These refugees have come from the Urumia region, which was isolated during the Turkish advance in North-West Persia. . . . The day after this escape the Turks entered Urumia and massacred 200 unresisting people — mostly old men — while 500 Christian women are reported to have been distributed between the Turkish troops and the Moslem inhabitants.”
The New York Times predicted that unless Turkey lost the war, “there will soon be no more Christians in the Ottoman Empire.” Despite losing the war, postwar secular Turkey substantially fulfilled this prophecy, animated by principles rooted in the Sharia’s provisions about religious minorities.
In the genocides of 1915-1916 and 1922-1923, around one and a half million Armenians were killed. Yet despite mountains of documentation, including photographic evidence and eyewitness testimony, to this day the Turkish government persists in denying that the genocide ever happened. These denials, as craven and outrageous as they are, are not entirely surprising. After all, the West in general is suffering from a case of denial that touches on much more than just Armenia: this persistent and pervasive denial encompasses virtually all the crimes perpetrated anywhere and at any time in the name of Islam. The West flees from sitting in judgment upon any religion—save Christianity—even when that religion believes, and practices, the idea of holy war against non-believers, which means, among others, the secular and Judeo-Christian West.
He asked when he had made the statement and was told "last month." Kerry responded by absolutely denying it and stressed that he has said no such thing over the past ten years.
Telling that he had to ask.
Flip-flop.
Flip-flop.
(genocide)
Flip-flop.
(Darfur)
Flip.
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=15430
http://www.insightmag.com/news/2004/10/04/Commentary/Kerrys.Imaginary.History-745611.shtml
http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg200410080941.asp
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ollienorth/on20041008.shtml
Flop-lop-op-p...
I guess Kerry thinks the armenians are expendable. What is it Hitler said:
Hitler: Now students turn to your primary textbook for todays subject "revision of history 101". Skip the chapter on the denial of the Holocaust. We will get to that section later. Now students...can anyone tell me about the chapter on the Armenian genocide?
Student/Gandi: Me herr Hitler. I remember it...a disgusting genocide it was.
Hitler: Wrong, you stupid bavarian sausage brain. Anyone else, anyone at all????
Kerry: Yah, mein furher. I have examined your textbook on "Revision of History 101. I love it and have read the chapter. I am a good little revisionist. I don't remember the Armenian's...they never existed...honest!!!"
Hitler: Excellent little Kerry. Correct answer. Here is a piece of paper to show your academic excellence....It says "This is a piece of paper ensuring peace in our time" It is a really funny joke....you deserve it. My stomach hurts every time. You are at the top of my class. Now as a reward you can manicure your fingers and admire your new tan while I invade europe again...hmmm..where is my scimitar?
but he did MAKE the statement BEFORE he denied it...or did he NOT make the denial before he MADE the statement...perhaps he is trying to confuse us into voting for him...maybe I will not vote for him before I vote for Bush...or maybe I will vote for Bush before I dont vote for him...
What more can we expect from the Dhimmicratic candidate for President?
obl r us,
Here is the quote and the link:
"Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"
Adolf Hitler (1939)
http://www.armenian-genocide.org/hitler.html
He said this some months after the invasion of Poland (see link).
Is anyone aware of Bush's stance on this issue? This is his chance to really outshine in the cause of basic decency.
"There was never any Armenian Genocide. I, senator John kerry, approve of this message."
The dork! Makes me sick!
Historical revisionism in dar-ul-islam being accepted by western powers? Nothing new abt the revisionism itself, I've seen it in play in SOuth Asia for a looong time now. But Western acceptance of such crap is a new low.
No moslem majority country today objectively accepts or recognises any histroy predating islam.Its the same story in pakistan as in Egypt (yeah, pyramids and all, were magically built by allah).
What possible justification can this spineless wimp have for lying about the existence of a well-documented genocide.
What an absolute and utter prick!!! And the left respect this freak??? My God, what is politics coming to???
I'm suprised that idiot has even heard of the Armenian Genocide.
Or course he won't acknowledge the Armenian Genocide as he has to ask his friends whether to do so will "pass the global test." Obviously he thinks it won't and is afraid of offending someone. He's already a dhimmi!
epg-
The $64,000 question is whether Kerry realizes it or not - either way we're screwed if he gets elected.
God help us if this spineless excuse for a human being gets elected president. No wonder muslims are going to vote for him en masse - the man is the personification of dhimmi.
Most posters on this site fear the possiblity that Kerry will be the US next dhimmi president.
Rather, consider a future should Kerry meet his demise during his term.
"Pres. Edwards" anyone?
OY!
I know I gave you all the link for the Hitler quote, but I couldn't resist framing it in its context for all to see:
"Our strength consists in our speed and in our brutality. Genghis Khan led millions of women and children to slaughter — with premeditation and a happy heart. History sees in him solely the founder of a state. It's a matter of indifference to me what a weak western European civilization will say about me.
I have issued the command — and I'll have anybody who utters but one word of criticism executed by a firing squad — that our war aim does not consist in reaching certain lines, but in the physical destruction of the enemy. Accordingly, I have placed my death-head formations in readiness — for the present only in the East — with orders to them to send to death mercilessly and without compassion, men, women, and children of Polish derivation and language. Only thus shall we gain the living space (Lebensraum) which we need. Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"
Adolf Hitler
http://www.armenian-genocide.org/hitler.html
When an Rumsfeld made a flippant remark about not having to worry what Assyrians think (he was thinking of the folks from the 8th century BC), a group of Assyrian-Americans let him know there really was such an ethnic group. Rumsfeld admitted he mispoke.
Now Kerry says that he won't accept that the Armenian genocide happened? Gimme a break. Old John Flip-Flop Kerry has done it again!
Has Bush publicly accepted Armenian genocide ?
Why is this negative for Kerry then ? Anyone ?