Turks, Armenians, Stupidity and Hypocrisy

It looks like we're going ahead and branding the Turkish suppression of Armenians during World War I as genocide. I'm trying to figure out why we're doing this. It's not as though Congress is required to pass judgment on every outrage in history. This goes back nearly a century. Why stop? What about Genghis Khan?

More to the point, why is America criticizing the Turks for ancient history when we're pretty comfortable owning all the land that once was populated by Indians. We're quick to judge the Ottoman Empire but slow to hold the US Army to account.

But even if we supposed that it was generally a good idea for the US Congress to establish who had or had not committed genocide in history, is this the time to tick off the Turks? We have damned few allies in the region. The Israelis naturally side with us because we pay them to and they wouldn't survive otherwise. The oil producers are people we wouldn't be seen in public with if it weren't for their money and oil.

All in all, we aren't going to do much better than the Turks. Is this some kind of death wish? Congress is controlled by Democrats so we can't lay this one at the feet of George W. Bush.

Mark Twain once began a piece with, "Suppose I were a Congressman. Suppose I were an idiot. Ah, but I repeat myself."