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Between 1915-23, an estimated 1 million Armenians living in the eastern region of present-day Turkey were massacred or died in forced marches ordered by Turkish soldiers serving in the falling Ottoman Empire. Thousands fled when their homes and businesses burned.

Right now, there is a battle of lobbyists over getting our government to acknowledge this as a genocide. No sanctions, no bombings - just acknowledge it. But our politics are so dominated and controlled by fear policy, that we can’t even give these good people a sign off. We’re afraid of alienating Turkey, who is an ally of the US now. We’re afraid of Muslim backlash. We’re afraid, afraid. Don’t want to hurt feelings.

I’m ashamed that we can’t take a stand and give some support to the very few Armenian’s who survived.

Read more about this over at the Seattle Times.