Sunday, October 14, 2007

Holocaust Denial in the Service of War

James Bovard points out the irony of George Bush opposing a Congressional resolution to recognize the genocide of the Armenian Christians at the hands of Muslim Turks between 1915 and the early 1920's, saying such a resolution will offend the Turks, who are Bush's military ally in the looming war against Iran, who must be defeated because Iran allegedly denies the genocide of the Jews at the hands of the Nazis.

The Congressional resolution is important, of course, because nothing is true unless the government says it is: Cato-at-liberty » Voting on Historical Truth

There is a question as to whether the killing of Armenians was motivated by Islam, or whether it was secular nationalism: More on Denying Genocide « Vox Nova

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > Who Remembers Now the Destruction of the Armenians?

Chalcedon's Founder R.J. Rushdoony was born in America because his parents fled Turkish persecution: Zionists Forbid Recognition of Armenian Holocaust

ADL reinstates regional leader - The Boston Globe

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