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• Fresno events commemorate Armenian genocide

  Fresno events commemorate Armenian genocide

  Ethnic songs and dancing, and family stories of atrocities marked the 97th anniversary of the Armenian genocide during a ceremony Tuesday at Fresno State.

• Failing to recognize genocide

  Failing to recognize genocide

  Once again succumbing to Turkey's political gag, President Obama has for the fourth time failed to deliver on his promise of properly recognizing the Armenian genocide.

  Winston Churchill once stated that there was "no reasonable doubt" that the Armenian genocide was "planned and executed for political reasons."

  Hitler used the Armenian genocide to justify the Holocaust and murder of millions of Jews stating, "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"

• Fresno events commemorate Armenian genocide

  Fresno events commemorate Armenian genocide

  The Armenian Cultural Foundation will commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Armenian genocide today with events starting at 10 a.m. with a flag raising at Fresno City Hall.

• Recognize the genocide

  Recognize the genocide

  We need to show our support to what took place over 97 years ago. The time has more than passed to acknowledge the one million-plus Armenian people who died in the genocide.

  Remember what Hitler said before the holocaust: "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?" How much longer can we look away and deny that this didn't happen.

  It's time to set the record straight and forget about the politics that has been a stumbling block to recognizing this unforgettable genocide. It's time for our president and presidents of other nations around the world to speak up on behalf of those lost, but not forgotten Armenians.

• Ignoring the genocide

  Ignoring the genocide

  As Allied forces liberated Europe's concentration camps at the end of World War II, they rounded up local villagers and rubbed their noses in the bodies of the Nazis' murder victims, not for their participation in these crimes against humanity, but because they stood by, silently, and watched it all happen.

  Last week, President Obama spoke at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, on whose walls is inscribed Hitler's motivational mantra -- "who today speaks of the annihilation of the Armenians." Obama proclaimed "never again," as he rattled off a list of subsequent crimes against humanity, but he consciously and deliberately failed to mention the archetypal crime, the genocide against the Armenians. Yet, in that crowd, were survivors and descendants of Hitler's madness, and they stood by, silently, and watched Obama engage in the final stage of genocide -- denial.

  There is no question that certain victims of such crimes have long been defenders and supporters of Armenians, especially in their time of greatest