Re: Genocide
Of course, geopolitically speaking, what men like Enver and Kemal did for Turkey was logical. They had to secure something of a base to cling to in the rapidly vanishing Ottoman empire. Seeing that Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians could not be peacefully assimilated into a monoethnic Muslim majority called "Turk", not even in 1000 years, they turned to genocide.
But I don't care if it was logical politically for Turks to carry this out. What you did will perennially offend us and keep us vigilant for when you will strike next, and we will perennially seek justice. We don't care if you think its stupid. And if no one gave a crap about our country, it would have been divided up by Azerbaijan and Turkey by now. No one cares about our country? Hah... Of all the countries in the world, Turkey probably cares most about our little country because Turkey's legacy has been built on the corpses of our people and other Christians, and yet, we still live, and have a modern, organized and efficient army right next door that your leaders would love to crush, but cannot thanks to Russia. Hell, if it weren't for Nato, who says Turkey wouldn't invade Greece? It's the same story. You care more about your neighbours than you think, it's just that your government can't act out on its old imperial desires right now so it keeps hush hush and convinces you that Turkey is a friendly, tolerant, and progressive republic.
What do you want from Armenians? To give up? To shut up? It won't happen. So go to your Armenian friends in Istanbul, they're the friendliest out of us that you'll get, because you've denied them the ability to align themselves politically with Armenia or to even question the actions of Ataturk in your country. Congratulations. I'm sure you wish that all Armenians were as "civilized" and "friendly" as the Istanbul Armenians. They are scared xxxxless of the prospect of not being your friends because then, they'll lose the little assets they have left and will be forced to start a new life outside of Turkey, just like the majority of Genocide survivors had to. Already, by the 1960s most Greeks and many Armenians had left Istanbul because they were being singled out as an undesirable minority even though it didn't reach the point where you were conducting pogroms on them, like in the rest of your country. Again, I congratulate you on your wonderful friendship with Istanbul Armenians. Now that you've broken their spirit as Armenians, naturally you can reward them with kind words, and watch their numbers dwindle over the decades as they marry more Turks and assimilate, or flee the country.
Originally posted by alpixoid
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But I don't care if it was logical politically for Turks to carry this out. What you did will perennially offend us and keep us vigilant for when you will strike next, and we will perennially seek justice. We don't care if you think its stupid. And if no one gave a crap about our country, it would have been divided up by Azerbaijan and Turkey by now. No one cares about our country? Hah... Of all the countries in the world, Turkey probably cares most about our little country because Turkey's legacy has been built on the corpses of our people and other Christians, and yet, we still live, and have a modern, organized and efficient army right next door that your leaders would love to crush, but cannot thanks to Russia. Hell, if it weren't for Nato, who says Turkey wouldn't invade Greece? It's the same story. You care more about your neighbours than you think, it's just that your government can't act out on its old imperial desires right now so it keeps hush hush and convinces you that Turkey is a friendly, tolerant, and progressive republic.
What do you want from Armenians? To give up? To shut up? It won't happen. So go to your Armenian friends in Istanbul, they're the friendliest out of us that you'll get, because you've denied them the ability to align themselves politically with Armenia or to even question the actions of Ataturk in your country. Congratulations. I'm sure you wish that all Armenians were as "civilized" and "friendly" as the Istanbul Armenians. They are scared xxxxless of the prospect of not being your friends because then, they'll lose the little assets they have left and will be forced to start a new life outside of Turkey, just like the majority of Genocide survivors had to. Already, by the 1960s most Greeks and many Armenians had left Istanbul because they were being singled out as an undesirable minority even though it didn't reach the point where you were conducting pogroms on them, like in the rest of your country. Again, I congratulate you on your wonderful friendship with Istanbul Armenians. Now that you've broken their spirit as Armenians, naturally you can reward them with kind words, and watch their numbers dwindle over the decades as they marry more Turks and assimilate, or flee the country.
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