What’s in a name? If the name is genocide, well…

There has been much in the news about the Armenian genocide, mostly because Congress wants to pass a bill acknowledging and describing the historical events.  This has put the Bush administration in a bit of a pickle…

For some reason that seems unfathomable, the Turkish government is touchy about the word “genocide” when applied to the actions of the empire they inherited.  Now, maybe it’s pride, maybe it’s money, maybe it’s  the Kurds, but the bottom line is they are one of our few real allies in the region.   If we accuse their ancestors of genocide, they will stop helping us in our little war in Iraq.
As we know, Bush screwed up the war in Iraq so badly, that the consequences are going to resonate throughout our foreign policy for decades.  This is one such instance.  Now, I certainly won’t put it past the Democrats to be pushing this  bill in order to make Georgie feel a little…uncomfortable.  But that’s really not the point.

When your foreign policy is poorly thought out that you can’t even talk about genocide, whether it is in Turkey, Darfur, or Congo, then you’ve made a real mess of things.

America is supposed to be able to be the moral compass for the world.  Thanks for fucking that up, George.  I miss being one of the “good guys”.