“This resolution is not the right response to these historic mass killings.” Evidently kowtowing to the Turks is the right response. By Tabassum Zakaria for Reuters (thanks to Stlreader):
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush on Wednesday urged U.S. lawmakers to reject a congressional resolution calling the 1915 massacres of Armenians genocide, saying it would do “great harm” to U.S. relations with Turkey.
“This resolution is not the right response to these historic mass killings,” Bush told reporters at the White House.
The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee is to consider the Armenian genocide resolution later on Wednesday. If it passes, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime supporter of the measure, could then decide to bring it before the full House for a vote.