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Archive for November, 2007

Honesty is the Best Policy

November 9th, 2007 by

Samantha Power, TIME, October 18, 2007

“First, the House resolution tells the truth, and the U.S. would be the 24th country to officially acknowledge it. In arguing against the resolution, Bush hasn’t dared dispute the facts. An Administration that has shown little regard for the truth is openly urging Congress to join it in avoiding honesty. It is inconceivable that even back in the days when the U.S. prized West Germany as a bulwark against the Soviet Union, Washington would have refrained from condemning the Holocaust at Germany’s behest.” [Read More]

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Genocide Deniers

November 9th, 2007 by

Scott Jaschik, INSIDE HIGHER ED, Oct. 16, 2007

“Normally, you might expect historians to welcome the interest of governments in convening scholars to explore questions of scholarship. But in this case, scholars who study the period say that the leaders of Turkey and the United States — along with that handful of scholars — are engaged in a profoundly anti-historical mission: trying to pretend that the Armenian genocide remains a matter of debate instead of being a long settled question.” [Read More]

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