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Our ambassador in London, Akýn Alptuna, has made a big mistake. He wrote a letter to somebody whose name I cannot even remember (Fistula or something like that) and tried to explain that Armenian genocide allegations were baseless.ÿ remember (Fistula or something like that) and tried to explain that Armenian genocide allegations were baseless. Unfortunately, ambassadors make such mistakes all too often, addressing persons who are not worthy of such consideration. And, with the arrogance that comes from being taken seriously, the latter make use of this opportunity to heap insults on the ambassadors.

  I do not know the meaning of the word “doody,” used to for the ambassador; I could not find it in the dictionary. However, I think it would not be wrong to use the same word to describe that arrogant person.

  “Doody” sounds so angry. He cannot endure any objections. He asks how the Turkish ambassador in London could possibly deny that Turks had subjected 1.5 million Armenians, including women and children, to “genocide.” Doody says that if the German ambassador had denied the Holocaust he would be kicked out of the country. Doody sounds quite intelligent, doesn't he? He has quickly “realized” that the Holocaust and the Armenian incidents were no different from one another (!). If only he could make Shimon Peres accept that argument as well…

  Doody is obviously not aware of the decisions of the Nuremberg court. He does not even know that no one can be branded as having committed the crime of genocide in the absence of a court decision. He could have easily seen that if he had taken the trouble to take a look at Articles 6 and 9 of the 1948 Genocide Convention.

  The Turkish ambassador in London has not asked the following questions but I will: Why do you think Armenia is being told to take this issue to court or arbitration? Why do you think the Armenians choose not to hear these calls? Can you understand it now? It is because they want to cause confusion by having “Doodies” such as yourself ramble on.

  One cannot help but ask Doody, “Are you aware of the fact that the British government does not accept the Armenian genocide allegations?” During the debates that take place at the House of Lords every year, a deputy minister from the British Foreign Office refers to the genocide definition made in the 1948 Genocide Convention and points out that the 1915 Armenian incidents do not fit that definition. In the past, when, just as Doody himself, the British ambassador in Yerevan had come up and said that the Armenian genocide had happened, the British Embassy in Ankara issued a statement (in July 2001) to disclaim the former's statement. Obviously, Doody has not heard about that. According to his reasoning the British Embassy in Ankara has “denied” the “genocide.”

  Yet, he has to be congratulated because he has obviously understood well the things some Armenians must have told him. (Armenians make this mistake not because they are ignorant but because they want to distort the facts.) He says that it was Rafael Lemkin who devised the genocide concept and formulated the genocide definition in the 1948 convention. Come on, Doody. Lemkin did want to do that. He did suggest his own version. But the body of negotiators rejected that. In the end the “political group” classification of victim was not added to the four protected groups cited in Article 2 of the convention. Doody, do you know that the Armenians were a “political group,” that they collaborated with the invading Russian armies for the sake of gaining independence, and that three times more Turks and Muslims died in the incidents than Armenians?

  And he gives a piece of “good news” as well, saying that some new documents are being discovered in the archives, documents that make it quite clear that a genocide had occurred. Good news for the Armenians! They have been suffering from a dire lack of such documents. In fact, the series of meetings held in Vienna ended prematurely because they could not present even a few relevant documents. Let them just hope that the new Danish archival material will save them from that spot. It must not be forgotten that in 1919 the Ottoman government had asked five neutral countries -- Denmark among them -- to send a delegation to look into the Armenian incidents. Denmark did not comply with that request. Why? Maybe they did not have that precious document in their hands at that time.

  Meanwhile, sadly, Russian archival documents are surfacing, attesting to horrible massacres perpetrated against the Turks and Muslims. Doody, this turn of events takes place just when you tell the Turkish ambassador, “Do not be silly,” and then pour out your own silly comments.

  Doody, I hear that you will be visiting Istanbul as the guest of a few “brave Turks” whom you feel honored to have known. However, the Turkish nation may not be eternally overjoyed to meet with you. Imagine the things a horrible, genocidal nation such as we could possibly do to you! Would it not be safer for you if we sent the “few brave Turks” over to you?

  Joking aside, is it so difficult to predict that the tumult in the world will continue as long as the West keeps up this arrogant stance of dehumanizing the other side, basing its theses on erroneous information and lies? The main editorial of the IHT on May 16, 2006 reflected exactly that kind of attitude.