As everyone may have already heard, there is a non-binding resolution pending in the Congress. This resolution addresses the 1915 supposed Armenian genocide by the Turks. I say 'supposed' because the incident happened nearly one hundred years ago and is something of a cold case. The United States had nothing to do with it then, and has nothing to do with it now. And though I would love to debate the historic facts, that is not what this blog is about. It's about the true meaning of the current resolution.

If the incident is old news and irrelevant to today, why is the Congress doing this now?

I say it is irrelevant to today because the Turkish government is different now than it was then. Then it was a Muslim government and now it is a secular government. This incident has been brought before the Congress several times before. I don't have my fact checker at the ready, so I am going to say that I seem to recall that even Bill Clinton asked Congress not to pass a similar resolution. So why is the Congress doing this now?

Remarkably, no one seems to be able to see that this is an anti-war bill in disguise. The intent of this legislation is to disrupt our supply lines into Iraq. The Democrats know that Turkey is extremely sensitive over this historic issue, and it is the Democrats' desire to open old wounds if it will help us lose the war in Iraq. Turkey has been an ally of ours for many years and a base for many of our Middle East operations. A majority of our war supplies today comes into Iraq through Turkey. 

Apparently, Pelosi & Friends believe that they have found a new tactic to force an end to the war. This isn't about Armenians and Turks, and this isn't about a 100 year old massacre. This is about surrender. They can't get enough popular support to pull funding from the war in a straight-up vote. They can't get enough traction with the left wing anti-war movement to sway public opinion against this war. So they are disguising their moves to persuade enough Democrats in Congress so that they can shut down the war through the back door.

Disrupt the supply lines, and you will disrupt the war effort. If we can't get supplies to the war, we would have to pull our troops out. Best of all, going into the future, the Democrats can blame Turkey for the logistical failure that will have caused the troop withdrawal. The Democrats get what they want -- troop withdrawal -- and get the political cover to shift the blame away from themselves. What could be better?