Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Abe Foxman is now using the word "genocide." Good. See the Boston Globe: ADL chief bows to critics and the NY Sun: For the First Time, ADL Calls Armenian Slaughter ‘Genocide'. Also, Jeff Jacoby has a hard-hitting piece: Truth and the Armenian genocide.
I must admit that I'm uncomfortable with continuing to put it on the ADL for now not lobbying for a Congressional Resolution. The most disturbing part of this event to me was that ADL was lobbying against it when they should have been staying out of it unless asked for an opinion. But now ADL is wounded so some people are going to use that to make them perform.
Yeah, I mean this guy acted like a gigantic ass.... ok so you're afraid for the Jews living in Turkey, the most secular, for now at least still, of Muslim states, and friendly towards Israel and the Turkish Jews, so you talk to people behind the scenes you don't outfront lobby against Congressional legislation and put your ass on the line...
I mean, it just makes me think Foxman's ego and self importance is so huge that he just can't and/or doesn't know when to shut the F up....
And it's too bad he doesn't read this comment as well.
Mike
David Harris, of the AJC, comments on the topic thoughtfully at the JPost blog.