There is currently a resolution in Congress that would officially declare the killing of Armenians in Turkey during WWI to be "genocide." This resolution, though seeming to be harmless and unimportant, is bordering on treason. Why? I'll get to that later. Let me just start by saying that most Americans already acknowledge that what happened was genocide, a Congressional resolution simply states something that we already know. So the resolution is a big, fat waste of time that could be spent on more important things. So what else is new? Congress always wastes time and money. But look closer, the Democrats wouldn't be working so hard to push this resolution through if it didn't accomplish something. So the question becomes this: What is their ulterior motive?
The only thing that this resolution will do, is anger the Turkish government. "Big deal," you say, "so what if we get some second-rate country mad at us." For most countries I'd agree, but this one, is slightly different. You see, out relationship with Turkey has always been somewhat tenuous, but at the beginning of the Iraq war, the Turkish government reluctantly allowed the United States to ship goods through their country. This has become a major supply line to bring weapons and other important materials to our troops in northern Iraq (by flying supplies into Turkey and then taking them by truck to the troops in Iraq). Our position is precarious enough as it is, but if the liberals start rocking the boat, Turkey could decide that they don't want our military in their country. The U.S. military, is extremely resilient, and would adapt to the new conditions very quickly, but until they did, this would result in increased casualties in Iraq, especially in the north, due to them being under-supplied. Even after the military did adapt, any other way of shipping to northern Iraq (through Kuwait, or directly into Iraq itself), would be slower and more expensive, thus hurting the war effort.
The Democrats would benefit from this because as casualties go up, public support for the war would go down, making it easier for them to justify a withdrawal. So in other words, since the Democrats couldn't get the votes that they needed to pull out of Iraq, they are using sneaky political maneuvering to get us out. That is wrong, and it is treason. But hey, what's a little treason if it serves your political goals? At least, that's what they think.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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Daniel, eventually you may have a decent number of readers, but you'll lose everyone who comes to site if you don't post sources. Congress keeps a record of all their bills online, so if you go to their website or maybe just Google it you can get these sources.
Thanks for the suggestion, I'm going to go back and add links to sources.
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