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If you crave presidential lawlessness, war crimes, and international mayhem, you should adore Democratic presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton.
The paramount political benefit of membership on a large-sized intelligence committee is the capacity to leak information to favored reporters in order to elicit media good will.
Unskewed historical truth is the antechamber of Turkish-Armenian reconciliation.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)
Armenians are balking because they are skeptical of their own figures and accusations.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)
Like Benito Mussolini, Armenians believe truth is an assertion at the head of a figurative bayonet.
Armenian crime amnesia? (2007)
Congress should reject that cynicism in defense of historical truth.
Armenian crime amnesia? (2007)
Hillary Clinton is a clear and present danger to the Constitution, the rule of law, and international peace and security. Her eagerness for war, i.e., legalized murder, to create an image of adolescent toughness makes her a worse fit for the Presidency than would Lady Macbeth.
Nothing seems to have changed from those days, when Christian lives were more precious than the lives of the “infidels.”
Armenian crime amnesia? (2007)
Armenians have a genuine tale of woe. It largely overlaps with the tale of tragedy and suffering that can be told by Ottoman Muslims during the war years.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)
Henry Morganthau, was openly racist and devoted to propaganda.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)
To paraphrase Mark Twain, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and the number of Armenians who are claimed by Armenians and their echo chambers to have died in an alleged World War I genocide.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)
Immediately after the war, when events and memories were fresh, Armenians had no incentive to concoct high casualty figures or genocidal motivations for their deaths. Their objective was statehood.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)
To make their case more convincing, Armenians hiked the number of deaths. They also altered their story line from having died as belligerents against the Turks to having perished like unarmed helpless lambs.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)
Congress does act slowly, often without foresight, and in ways detrimental to efficient government. But our entire consitutional scheme of checks and balances is intended to curb swift government action and to subordinate efficiency concerns to safeguard liberty and freedom.
After statehood was lost, Armenians turned to their genocide playbook which exploited Christian bigotries and contempt for Ottoman Muslims. They remembered earlier successful anti-Ottoman propaganda.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)
Best contemporaneous estimates place the number of Armenians who died in the war and its aftermath at between 150,000 and 600,000. The Armenian death count climbed to 1.5 million over the years on the back of political clout and propaganda.
Armenian crime amnesia? (2007)