Dear Shmuel Rosner, if you are interested, I could provide you with a line by line analysis of why practically every idea you have written in this article is way off base. If you are interested, don't be a stranger.

In the meantime, I will restrict myself to the comment below.

"America lost twice in this congressional battle of political will—by losing the chance to gain the high moral ground by recognizing the Armenian tragedy and by angering an important ally. Turkey was able to benefit twice".

The US Congress has zero moral authority over any issue with anyone, except their own delusions of grandeur. Since joining Nato, Turkey has denied the very existence of the Kurds as a people; no language rights in schools, no Kurdish radio, no Kurdish TV, no Kurdish books stores, no Kurdish music allowed, not Kurdish CDs.

Turkish policy has been the cultural genocide of ethnic Kurds. Since Turkey is a member of Nato, this has also been Nato policy and since the US is part of Nato, this has also been US policy ... by definition

If the US congress had decided to denounce this policy; apologize to the Kurds for aiding and abetting this cultural genocide; expel Turkey from Nato; make reparations to the Kurds of Turkey; then maybe congress could lay claim to some moral authority.

They didn't, so they can't.

Instead Congress responds to a few gold coins from the Armenian lobby to vote on an admittedly useless resolution on a tragedy that happened over 90 years ago. Pathetic.

Kurds of Turkey and the Macedonians of Greece both suffer from "Denying Ethnicity" (See Human Rights Watch) and the US Congress could care less about both.

So much for Congressional moral authority.

All NATO members are defacto supporters of their fellow NATO member, Turkey, and most have also formally denounced the attempted genocide of Armenians. So they too are as "complicit" in the "cultural genocide" (oh brother) of Kurds as the US. Their condemnations still have some weight as they come from decent, respected countries with good human rights records.

And Turkey's Kurds, bless them, have a little problem called separatist violence. Sure, most Kurds are not terrorists, but there are enough so that Turkey's policy must afflict all Kurds. That's a shame, but I blame the separatists, not the Turks who want to maintain an intact state.

Think of the Kurds as similar to radical separatist Mexican Americans in the US, with aims to return to Aztlan. The Kurdish separatists want unique institutions which exist outside of, are separate from and hostile to, the host Turkish culture in which it exists. That alone is too much for any country to swallow. Add to it terrorist violence, a Kurdish quasi-state right next door ready to continue to pour fighters and bombs into Turkey, and their situation becomes intolerable. Hence, some very heavy handed policies towards all Kurds.

Interesting also how you agonize about "cultural genocide," and just kind of shrug over that unfortunate incident which happened to Armenians.

Cultural Genocide is happening today in for the Kurds in Turkey and the Macedonians in Greece.

The issue we are discussing is the Us Congress. They just don't care.