Obama Seeks to Block Genocide Bill

The White House is right here.

The Obama administration has said it will seek to block a controversial bill describing as genocide the World War I killing of Armenians by Turks.

A congressional panel on Thursday approved the resolution, paving the way for a possible vote by the House.

But US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the administration would “work very hard” to prevent this.

Turkey voiced strong protests after the vote and recalled its ambassador from Washington for consultations.

The truth is that it was genocide by any reasonable definition of the word.  History recognizes it as such.  But passing a resolution to this effect won’t change the history and serves to tick off a very critical ally.  It would be better for the Congress to stay out of it and let the history books worry about what we call the Armenian genocide.