Turkish troops in Lebanon

Some of you may have read that Turkey wants to have it's troops in Lebanon as "peacekeepers". Well, that is a bit of a joke, as it can't keep the peace in it's own Kurdistan. The Armenians in Lebanon (and abroad) have been vocal opponents of Turkish troops entering a primary country of refuge for Genocide survivors. This is understandable, but I think the focus has been too narrow. To only bring up the Genocide misses the point that Armenians continue to be harassed in a country with poor human rights which still doesn't recognize its crimes of 91 years ago. That Armenians are put on trial to this day for basically being Armenian. And being found guilty of insulting Turkishness by the very virtue of their being Armenian. Then there is the whole Kurdistan issue, and the other human rights issues.

There was a CNN (in Europe anyway) piece on the Armenians - a good 4 minute piece, but as I said it focused only on the Genocide. We need to draw the line into the present. There was also footage of an old woman waving her walker at the camera in anger. Good stuff. But Armenians need to emphasize again and again, that if the Turks come to Lebanon, they will not be fighting for peace between Hezbollah and Israel, they will be fighting a new Armenian militia specifically formed to rid the country of Turkish troops. The mere prospect of that ought to bring anyone putting peacekeeping forces together to their senses...