The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Moonliner]

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House resolution would call the World War I massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces genocide

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Democratic leaders said earlier if the Foreign Affairs Committee passed the resolution, they intended to bring it to the House floor

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President Bush and key administration figures lobbied hard against it.

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Turkey, a NATO member, has been a key U.S. ally in the Middle East and a conduit for sending supplies into Iraq.

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U.S. commanders "believe clearly that access to airfields and roads and so on in Turkey would very much be put at risk if this resolution passes

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Turkey recalls ambassador to U.S.

OK I get it. The Democrats have failed to stop the Iraq war so now they are going to make it hard to pursue the war by cutting off supply routes.

Huh. Somehow I always thought that was more or less the enemy's job.