From one drooling Armenian nationalist to another

OK, three blog entries in one day is probably my record here, but sometimes you go through dry spells, and other times you have a spurt of things to say. This third blog comes to you thanks to fellow blogger Nareg, who caught a mention of me and my blog here in May about genocide reparations in this weeks the New Republic. My blog was, in my humble opinion, a very reasonable post, and far from calling for all of the six western vilayets, plus Cilicia, plus interest in the form of land, which most people who would be considered true nationalists would demand. I simply proposed what I consider a just, reasonable and realistic reparation for what was done to us and continues to be done.

Nevertheless, my blog entry was mentioned as that of "one Armenian nationalist" who is "drooling" at the though of reparations. Oh well. I assume that makes most of you, the readers of this blog, drooling nationalists as well. We'll just have to settle for being happy that they say the Turks are terrified of us :-)

Excerpt from: K Street Cashes In On The 1915 Armenian Genocide

The truth, as the Turks see it, is simple: There was no genocide. The Armenian death toll is exaggerated, and most died from exposure or rogue marauders during mass relocations. (One Turkish activist even cheerily assured me that, after the relocations, "everyone was invited back.") The Turks say that the G-word implies an intent that can't be proved. This stance is more than just a matter of fierce national pride. The Turks are terrified at the prospect of huge financial and territorial reparations for the Armenians.("[C]ash," drools one Armenian nationalist blogger, "lots of cash.")*