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Armenian Revolt (2006)
Finallly...historical context for a highly politicized subject
Most of us know nothing about the Armenian Revolt, which is why it is so easy for the Armenian Diaspora to convince people that their ancestors were the victims of genocide. While they are very effective in their advocacy, their approach is also unethical because they use "selective truth" to "prove" their point. They also know that most of us will jump on the bandwagon and sympathize with their claims. As for others who beg to differ, the Armenian Diaspora in the US, Australia and Europe denouce them as "genocide deniers."
How sad that such organizations such as the Armenian National Committee and other radicals must unjustly accuse an entire nation in order to preserve their fragile cultural identity. After all, what does it mean to be an Armenian, other than descended from victims of "genocide"? In the meantime, Armenians steer clear of the Armenian Revolt; many of them are ignorant on the subject and do not realize that the revolutionary Dashnak and Hinchak parties began to attack and kill innocent Muslims many years before Armenians were deported in 1915.
Our Congressmen have better things to do than pass resolutions about emotional, politicized claims that have never been substantiated by the historical record. But they don't have enough spine to stand up to their Armenian constituents and say, "Enough is enough. We sympathize with you, but this is a matter between Turkey and Armenia. Let them settle it."
This program on the Armenian Revolt is apparently the only one of its kind. Small wonder! It seriously undermines the genocide claim, and should be required viewing for any politician, teacher or journalist who has been co-opted by the Armenian Diaspora's arguments.
Yes, Armenians were tortured and massacred. But so were Muslims. If we are willing to call what happened to the Armenians a genocide, then what do we call what happened to the Muslims?
I often wonder how some members of the Armenian Diaspora sleep at night, knowing that their political game is based on deceit.
Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War I (2006)
The War in Iraq: Why We Fight
Wow! Some guy actually took the time and effort to explain the sticky history and politics of the place where we keep sending our soldiers to die. The war in Iraq didn't start with Saddam Hussein, weapons of mass destruction, or even the production of oil. It started with an old British guy, David Lloyd George, and an old French guy, Georges Clemenceau, drawing a new map of the Middle East way back during World War One!
Little did I realize that our country's foreign policy is based on what France and Great Britain did about 90 years ago. They fought a war against Germany and the Ottoman Empire (the remnant of which is Turkey). When the Western Powers won, they had the gall to carve up these huge chunks of land in the Middle East and call it theirs. They didn't pay attention to how Kurds, Shi'as and Sunnis would live together in a brand-new country called Iraq...sound familiar?
Too bad that Bush and company didn't have "Blood and Oil" available before they decided to invade Iraq. Could have saved us -- and the Iraqis -- a lot of tragedy. Let's face it, the US is only in Iraq for the oil. Before us, the British and French sent soldiers to the Middle East for the same reason....it's the oil. And they were so surprised when all the Muslims in these newfangled "nations" started to rise up against them. Insurrection, violence, civil war, anti-Western sentiment...hey, that also sounds familiar!
If you want to know how all the BS in the Middle East got started, and check out the facts/lessons that the White House should have heeded...then get this very cool program...with lots of great photos and movie footage. Now, it does have quite a bit of military history. So if that's something you don't dig, then maybe you should pass. But the writer does relate the fighting to the weird political intrigue that happened after the war...and relates that to all the decades of chaos in that region of the world...right up to the current mess in Iraq.