The ARMENIAN GENOCIDE...when the end becomes the beginning

The Armenian Question
Dancing One....just finished your blog....great stuff. You clearly were touched by the museum as we were. Thought your reference to Anzac Day and the Hemingway quote were very poignant...thanks for sharing.....The Dangerous One

I do too...
Thanks for this history lesson. I read every word. I took Hitler's comment to heart, because that is why genocide continues to this day. Countries practice genocide as they know that the rest of the world will not intervene. And when Vietnam stepped in to stop the Cambodian genocide, the world, including the U.S. condemned them for interfering with another country. Shame on us and the world and the hopelessly ineffective UN.

Genocide
Hi Dave, very detailed blog and it reminded me the one I have visited in Cambodia about the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot from 1975 to 1979.

Genocide
Hi Dave, I would also mention the genocide happened in Indonesia with the dictator Suharto. British and American conspired to take down Sukarno and it is said that more than a million people died.also horrible was that at the American embassy was said: "to bring Democracy some killings are necessary". And about the Khmer Rouge: the UN allowed those criminals to have a seat for 10 years until 1989 a these criminals represented Cambodia in the world for such a long time and the Cambodian had to vote for them.

Hi Dave, no Pol Pot has never been tried and for more than ten years the Cambodian had to vote for their assassins since that the UN granted for them a seat. Very shameful was that these people were called Sir and treated with respect. Only in 2003 the ONU and Hun Sen government created an international court to try the Khmer Rouge responsable for the genocide. Pol Pot escaped that trial cause he died in 1998 in Poipet near the Thai border. Very interesting your blog Dave and thanks to reply to me.bye

A painful history of genocide
Simply wonderful, Dave! It reminds me of the ethnic cleansing in the Serbia not so long ago. And you have summarized that in one of your response, - Serbs, Rwanda, Sri Lanka and now Myanmar. And perhaps in the future we would learn how much ethnic cleansing are being done by the ISIS. The list goes on and one thing that pains me - we never learn from the History and do the same thing over and over again. I would like to see a world without borders, as John Lennon dreamed of, but I don't think that will ever come. Because we are the beasts in the name of human. Perhaps a strong word, but that's the sentiment. I suggested once, and I know you backed out, but this piece of yours should be published in some history journal, Dave. Think it seriously. I am lately falling behind catching up the blogs, please bear with me! Thanks for a great blog.

I was in Armenia in the mid 90-ies
I visited Armenia in the mid 90-ies. It was a strange experience. It was winter and I didn't have any guidebook (there wasn't any then). I missed a lot of interesting places for sure but I did see the genocide museum. I'll go back to Armenia one day and make a revisit because it is a lovely country and I would like to see it in summer too when I am sure that it is much better to go there. /Ake

Thank you
Dave - the single most powerful blog I've read - thank you - so very moving

Why do we let it keep happening?
Thanks for the history lesson Dave - so sad we don't seem to be able to learn from past atrocities. Come next ANZAC Day I will also be thinking of Armenia and all its people have been through. Lest we forget.