wh00t Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Senator Brownback's cheques from Azerbaijan must have stopped coming in because he is now in favor of Armenian Genocide recognition and has even signed a letter to Bush. To those unaware, this is the guy who championed the repeal of Section 907. --- Armenian National Committee of America 888 17th St., NW, Suite 904 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 775-1918 Fax: (202) 775-5648 E-mail: anca@anca.org Internet: www.anca.org PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2005 Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian Tel: (202) 775-1918 ANCA WELCOMES SEN. BROWNBACK'S SUPPORT FOR U.S. RECOGNITION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. -- Following Remarks during Live C-SPAN Call-in Program, Kansas Senator Calls on President Bush to Properly Commemorate the First Genocide of the 20th Century WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), an influential member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a leading proponent of U.S. action to stop the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, has called on President Bush to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide as a "genocide" in his April 24th comments, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). In the years since his election in 1996, Senator Brownback has not traditionally supported Armenian Genocide recognition initiatives or other issues of special concern to Armenian Americans. He came to prominence in the Armenian American community in the 1990s as the leading opponent of Section 907, a provision of U.S. law that restricts aid to Azerbaijan due to its illegal blockades of Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh. Answering questions last week on C-SPAN's Morning Journal, a popular cable television call-in program about the Darfur Genocide, the Senator responded to a question from Armenian National Committee -Fresno activist Richard Sanikian about his opposition to legislation about the Armenian Genocide. Specifically, Sanikian noted that we was "very curious why, for a number of years, [senator Brownback] has always opposed Armenian Genocide [recognition] year after year." He noted that the Senator's conduct was "very disturbing" and expressed his "hope he has a change of heart and since he is talking about morality and humanitarian issues now I hope that this coming April 24 he moves into that direction because we have a lot of Armenians Americans in the United States - we're tax payers - we work hard in this country and we want our senators... and we want you to join the rest of the senators and move this issue forward." In his response, Senator Brownback said that he "appreciate[d] the question," and clarified that, "I do not oppose a recognition of the Armenian Genocide that took place." He added that past genocides "should be recognized for what they are. . . when people are killed in mass numbers and tried to be wiped out and many were killed in what took place. . . I am not opposed whatsoever to recognizing the genocide that took place in Armenia, but we do need to do what we can to grow those areas, to get democracy to take root in the region, which is starting to. . . [in] Georgia, Kyrgizstan. . . we need it to many of the areas as well." "We welcome the support of Senator Brownback for U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and join with him in working to strengthen the American response to the genocide taking place in the Darfur region Sudan," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "Armenian Americans - victims of the first genocide of the 20th century - deeply appreciate his leadership, along with Senator Jon Corzine, on the Darfur Genocide Accountability Act." Sen. Brownback joined this week with over 30 of his Senate colleagues in cosigning a Congressional letter to President Bush urging him to honor his pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide. A similar letter in the House of Representatives has garnered over 175 signatures. To watch the interview on the C-SPAN archive, visit the C-SPAN website and fast forward roughly 25 minutes into the broadcast. Senators Brownback (R-KS) & Corzine (D-NJ) Situations in Rwanda and Sudan and other topical issues. 4/7/2005: WASHINGTON, DC: 45 minutes: C-SPAN rtsp://video.c-span.org/15days/wj040705_sens.rm ##### Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Maybe he is getting bigger cheques from Armenian lobbies? (those may not be paper cheques though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 They all will! One by one! Like Peter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wh00t Posted April 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 (edited) I just watched the full response to the caller.. he is still in favor of repealing Section 907 (which he calls a "pro-Armenia" initiative). He is trying to curry favor with us when the runs for the 2008 Republican ticket. Edited April 20, 2005 by wh00t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Maybe he is getting bigger cheques from Armenian lobbies? (those may not be paper cheques though) style_images/master/snapback.png or maybe the other ones he was getting bounced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 or maybe the senators know something we dont, and maybe Bush this year will keep his campain promis and adress the massecares as GENOCIDE, who knows, times change, and they always do there is a sunshine after a rainy and cloudy day, always... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 or maybe the senators know something we dont, and maybe Bush this year will keep his campain promis and adress the massecares as GENOCIDE, who knows, times change, and they always do there is a sunshine after a rainy and cloudy day, always... style_images/master/snapback.png Don't be too optimistic. I don't think that gonna happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 we have a bet dont we?, all I can do is contribute, hope and be optomistic, snup out of your state of mind, it will happen, not this year maybe 5 years from now, you'll see junior by the way the url you provided doesent work, please give me the correct url for the vedio thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 sorry it was not you, was wh00t, could someone post the correct URL please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 (edited) we have a bet dont we?, all I can do is contribute, hope and be optomistic, snup out of your state of mind, it will happen, not this year maybe 5 years from now, you'll see junior by the way the url you provided doesent work, please give me the correct url for the vedio thanks style_images/master/snapback.png The US signed the genocide convention decades after Turkey. They could not sign the damn convention for political motives, which didn't specified anything... now imagine this same US, or its president using the G word to refer to what happened in 1915. Edited April 20, 2005 by QueBeceR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 The US signed the genocide convention decades after Turkey. They could not sign the damn convention for political motives, which didn't specified anything... now imagine this same US, or its president using the G word to refer to what happened in 1915. Turkey accused the US of genocide when it took the city from rebels. Why shouldn't Bush respond properly, by doing what previous presidents had done already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Turkey accused the US of genocide when it took the city from rebels. Why shouldn't Bush respond properly, by doing what previous presidents had done already? style_images/master/snapback.png I don't talk about what the US president should do, but what it will do. Bush won't use the G word. This will be confirmed in few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.