. Obama was suppose to give a speech about a mass killing of over a million Armenians by Ottoman Turks. It was the 100 year anniversary of this event and before Obama became president he had promised to side with the Armenians on this event. Just like many of his other promises he failed to come through and angered and average of 70% of the Armenian population. He sided with the Turkish government and refused to label the killings a genocide because some how the reason for the killings didn't meet the definition of the word. Genocide is a planned killing of a large group of people primarily because of their race or ethnicity. Apparently when over a million Armenians die it is neither planned nor a target of one ethnic group. I'm sure there's a pie chart to prove that somewhere. Obama took the side of the Turkish government because he believes he can not anger them if he wants the their help in further conflicts of the Middle East. Let's try not to make promises we can't keep in the future Obama. As you can tell it does more harm than good. Lolita the Orca would be ashamed of you.
"Armenians Angered by Obama's Word Choice in Commemorative Speech." NewsELA. NewsELA, 24 Apr. 2015. Web. 24 Apr. 2015. <https://newsela.com/articles/obama-armenia/id/8929/>.
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