Howard L. Berman, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of U.S. House of Representatives, sent a letter to his House colleagues and condemned denial of so called Armenian genocide.
Berman, who played a crucial role in the passage of Armenian resolution from the House committee with his unjust rule, accused members of Turkey caucus of circulating a "morally-blind" sign-on letter to Speaker Pelosi. Stating that members of Turkey caucus are struggling to prevent Armenian resolution to be brought on the agenda of General Assembly, Berman wrote, " The authors argue that passage of the bill by the House would do “irrevocable harm” to U.S. national security, “derail ongoing efforts” by Armenia and Turkey to normalize relations, and harm the U.S. economy by putting American exports to and investment in Turkey at risk."
Stating that he does not agree with many points in the letter, he said that usage of the phrase "so called Armenian genocide" is casting doubt on "historicity of Armenian genocide." He said that founder of the term "genocide" adressed to 1915 incidents as a genocide.
Stating that he also does not think passage of so called Armenian genocide resolution will be harmful for U.S. national security, Berman wrote, "I believe that US-Turkish security relations are founded on mutual interests and that Turkey is not about to discard the immense benefits it derives from bilateral security relations for the sake of “punishing” the US for a non-binding resolution, however much it may resent that resolution. For example, would Turkey risk losing real-time intelligence on PKK movements in northern Iraq? Highly doubtful." He also said that history of Turkish responses to acknowledgement of so called Armenian genocide by other governments and parliaments suggests that negative fall-out would be limited and short-lived.
Stating that he does not believe passing H.Res.252 would derail Turkish-Armenian Protocols, Berman wrote that there is no likelihood that protocols will be ratified anytime soon, anyway. Opposing the opinion that Armenian resolution would harm U.S. economy, Berman wrote, "It strains credulity to believe that Turkey would reject U.S. investment and stop buying all U.S. products in the event that the House adopted H. Res. 252".
Once again letting his unjust pro-Armenian approach out, Berman accused all the people who do not think 1915 incidents do not constitute a genocide with being morally blind and wrote, "I am deeply disturbed by this morally-blind line of argument, as it could be used to justify inaction on any number of human rights issues around the world."
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