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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Ask Hrant Dink.
Wonk, I'm surprised at you. Don't you see some parallels for supporting this ethnic minority that continues to suffer repression and hostility and has faced state-sponsored genocide and supporting Israel?
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I am sympathetic to the plight of ethnic Albanians. I just think that engaging in a symantic exercise that serves no purpose other than pissing off the successor to a country that engaged in despicable acts generations ago is kind of stupid.
It's sort of like a UN resolution declaring our predecessors' forced eviction, relocation, and slaughter of the native population to be genocide. It's the truth, but it does nothing for the population of Pine Ridge.
If Congress wants to really do something, it could pass a resolution in favor of dealing independently with the Kurdish and Armenian populations of Turkey on access to Northern Iraq and the use of land for bases unless Turkey (i) stops oppressing minorities and (ii) steps up to the plate with respect to Iraq.
That would be a similarly rash and ultimately futile legislative gesture, but at least it would be proactive.
