Genocide or Pestacide: The so called Armenian Genocide

 

You cannot deny that  many Armenians lost their lives as they were looking for a land of their own, however, what is not recognized is that the Armenians themselves inflicted as much damage as others in the hostilities of that time,for their own selfish objectives.

The Turk's only policy was the removal of Armenians from the front line with Russia, where they were collaborating with the Ottoman Empire's enemies.  They were a threat to security.

 

Regarding persecution, the Ottomans had one of the most tolerant policies towards non-Turks of any empire of its day. The three communities of Jews, Greeks and Armenians were virtually autonomous within the empire.  It cannot be denied that throughout history the Ottoman Empire unlike any other empire of its time allowed Jews to practice their own religion as well as many freedoms of their time. When the Ottoman Empire had taken over Jerusalem had they tried to annihilate the strong presence of the Armenians who had their own quarter? Never!

 

In a recent article in the Jerusalem Post Armenians in Israel led a small protest and were upset that Israel had not taken an official position.  One would think that Israel would be the first country to define Genocide with its own history. The problem is that Genocide is being used as a loose term. Could you say that the Russians committed genocide against the Circassians and Adyghes?  If you could then the Armenians slaughtered 200 000 people including Turks and Kurds and Jews in Eastern Anatolia during Turkey's Independence War while the Turks were fighting against the imperial powers of Europe in 5 fronts.  Armenians took the advantage of Turks' weak position and waged a war against them by opening a new front. But, this was war.

 

Here in the year 2007 nearly 100 years after the decline of the Ottoman Empire Armenians are still trying wake the dead in this controversy.  This is alike to Black  African Americans looking for reparations for slavery. And like this it falls upon deaf ears. Society has little tolerance for people with a chip on their shoulder.