The French should not lecture others

Submitted by zara (United States), Oct 13, 2006 at 00:07

How sad that Europeans do not see the truth. The Armenian Genocide is very sad but it is not up to Europe, especially France, to lecture Turkey or other nations.

It was the French who committed atrocities in Africa. They delivered between 80,000-100,000 Jews to the hands of the Gestapo and many stole Jewish property during the war (true that some French people risked their lives to save Jews) Do not forget what they did to Dreifus and blamed the Jews even for their failure with the Panama Canal.

The Turks did not deliver their Jewish citizens to the Germans (the Germans asked them to). In France today, Jews have to hide anything that demonstrates their identity. Many Jewish schools and synagogues were vandalized and their have been physical attacks on Jewish people. These acts are not carried out necessarily by Moslems.

So please save us the hypocrisy. Let other nations or organizations demand that Turkey acknowledge the Armenian Genocide

Zara

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