Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Karma strikes Turkey

As Turkey's PM Erdogan's very angry outburst against Israeli PM Peres in Davos made world headlines, few knew some of the interesting background. Two of the moderators, one of whom decided how much time Peres got to speak (2x as long as Erdogan), had Armenian backgrounds. You wouldn't think so at first from their names, David Ignatius and Ian Bremmer, but it is true, and they've both said as much.

So where does the Karma come in? The Turkish PM and Azeri President sat there as two Armenians decided when and how long they could speak for. If it hadn't been for the Armenian Genocide and post genocide policies of Turkey, the Armenian Diaspora would not exist in its present form, and these this would never have happened. Of course, if it hadn't been for the genocide, they also would presumably not have bad relations with Armenians either.

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