“This Is The Same Hillary Clinton Who, Four Years Ago, Pledged That She Would Recognize The Genocide As President Of The United States”
27.01.12
As French Senate accepted the bill on criminalization of Armenian
Genocide denial, discussions on the theme increased. According to
the bill everyone who denies Armenian Genocide in France will be
sentenced with a year and will be fined with 45.000 euros.
Turkish side, naturally, reacted hysterically to this decision.
Speaker of the US State Department announced some days ago during
the annual briefing that USA will not be involved in French-Turkish
relations.
According to asbarez.com US State Secretary Hillary Clinton announced
the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the US “opens a door that
is a very dangerous one to go through.”
“This is the same Hillary Clinton who, four years ago, pledged that
she would recognize the Genocide as President of the United States”,
the web-site underlines.
Answering to the question why the US does not recognize the Genocide,
Clinton characterized the Armenian Genocide as an historical issue
and not a political one.
“I think it’s fair to say that this has always been viewed, and I think
properly so, as a matter of historical debate and conclusions rather
than political. And I think that is the right posture for the United
States Government to be in, because whatever the terrible event might
be or the high emotions that it represents, to try to use government
power to resolve historical issues, I think, opens a door that is a
very dangerous one to go through. So the issue is a very emotional
one; I recognize that and I have great sympathy for those who are
just so incredibly passionate about it,” Clinton told the audience.
She also referred to the question about French Senate resolution
criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.
“…One of our great strengths is we do not criminalize speech. People
can say nearly anything they choose, and they do, in our country. And
so other countries, including close friends and allies like France,
have different standards, different histories, but we are, I hope,
never going to go down that path to criminalize speech,” explained
the Secretary of State, who seems to have forgotten that there are
succinct laws against hate speech in the US, under which people can
be prosecuted.
Remind, that the bill on criminalization of Armenian Genocide denial
will start to work in France after French President Nicolas Sarkozy
signs it.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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