April Twenty-Fourth By The Stiletto :: Political Mavens
"Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. The Stiletto has been championing passage of H.Res.106/S.Res.106, which would bring the U.S. in line with other Western governments in recognizing the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915-1917 by Ottoman Turks as a genocide. Some even believe that the genocidal campaign against Christian Armenians should be consdered the first Muslim jihad against a Christian population in modern history – a point of view that has gained currency in the wake of last week’s murder of three Christians by Turkish nationalists in Malatya.
But today is not a day for debate or rhetoric. Today belongs to the Christian martyrs and their families. To commemorate the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, The Stiletto offers this powerful, haunting poem written after the Allied victory in World War II. The Stiletto is indebted to the translator who worked with her to recreate as faithful a rendition of the poet’s words and meaning as possible (the verses rhyme in the original Armenian)."
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