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With this mindset the US needs no other enemy; it is the US that is now committing the real genocide against the Armenians

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The decisions adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives (HR) against Turkey have in fact shown how malignant and fatal a disease American politics is suffering from. For both of these decisions reflect the angry reaction—one destined to end in harm—of a mindset that has taken U.S. politics hostage, works against the U.S., and is gnawing away at the country from within.

Yet the trump cards used in expressing this reaction reveal precisely how negotiable American values actually are when necessary, and how they consist of nothing more than cheap instruments. If these values can be leveraged as a bargaining chip in a potential dispute with any country, turning a blind eye to their violation in normal times means nothing less than participating in an ugly form of political corruption.

The reaction displayed by the U.S. House of Representatives is directed at Turkey's Operation Peace Spring. When one simply questions why this reaction occurred, nothing emerges except the U.S.'s cooperation with terrorist organizations, its betrayal of its own ally, and its complicity in the innocent civilian blood spilled—including women and children—in Syria and previously across the entire Middle East.

Even when Turkey declared that it could no longer tolerate this U.S. complicity, it pointed to a long rap sheet in these areas. The U.S. has no presence in Syria that serves peace, stability, democracy, or human rights. On the contrary, through its presence, it serves instability, human rights violations, and civilian massacres in the region more each passing day, making the U.S. the target of hatred for all the peoples of the region. In fact, the American people ought to owe a debt of gratitude to Turkey for pointing out a way out of this presence, which costs the U.S. dearly in the long run.

I believe that once the American people become aware of the facts, they will feel this sense of gratitude deeply. However, U.S. politics has been hijacked and taken hostage by Israel. No justification can be found for its presence in Syria other than blindly submitting to Israel's fanatical expansionism or paranoid security policies. This justification could turn the U.S. into the greatest war criminal of the era; of course, Israel does not care about this, but the American people do.

Setting aside the U.S. House of Representatives' decision to impose sanctions on Turkey for this purpose, the very fact that it brought up a dossier from 104 years ago out of a desire for retaliation against Turkey and passed a genocide resolution shows how it can squander a humanitarian issue like genocide as a subject of dirty blackmail. With this decision, the U.S. House of Representatives is committing the real genocide against the Armenians right now.

How many Armenians could have died in the alleged genocide 104 years ago? Even the figures claimed today by the Armenian side, driven by revenge and hatred, are no greater than the number of Muslims killed by the U.S. in the Middle East over the last two decades through its meaningless and unnecessary interventions.

Is the conscience that stands by watching these deaths supposed to feel the pain experienced 104 years ago today? With what historical knowledge, what just conscience, and what common sense?

Setting aside the genocide they committed against Native Americans, does the U.S. have any face left to make such a humanitarian claim against any nation?

In fact, the very fact that the Armenian genocide claim was brought to the agenda against such an event gives us a better idea about the truth of the events that occurred 104 years ago. Indeed, there is no chance of knowing the true nature of an event that occurred 104 years ago and is now a matter of dispute. However, the U.S. House of Representatives bringing up the issue in this manner demonstrates how it has become the subject of a genocide industry, while exposing the falsity of all the humanist discourse produced on this matter.

The truth of the matter is the shared suffering experienced under wartime conditions 104 years ago. As many Muslim Turks, Kurds, and Arabs died as did Armenians. In the Balkans, over a million Muslim Turks were killed and massacred through the crimes of Western powers. Singling out and highlighting only the Armenians among these as victims of genocide is not merely related to the Armenians successfully pursuing their own cause. It shows that the Armenians are once again being put forward and expended as a stick against Turkey.

The game played against the Armenians is now being attempted against the Kurds. Attempts are first made to incite the Kurds against Turkey and provoke them into rebellion. When they fail to rebel, terrorist groups are armed under the banner of 'the Kurds,' and the same game is attempted to be staged once again.

However, this time the game simply does not work. Because not only do the Kurds, as a people, not fully play along with the game intended for them, but there is also a Turkey that thoroughly spoils the game.