Resolution on Armenia

Re “Genocide resolution clears hurdle amid fierce lobbying,” Oct. 11

To those opposing the Armenian genocide resolution: Where is the moral high ground we in the U.S. prize so highly? What if Germany had decided to denounce the genocide of more than 6 million Jews and Gypsies; would we have backed off because Germany is an important ally? What happened generations ago has nothing to do with today’s politics.

Do the right thing, Congress, and approve the Armenian resolution.

Harriett L. Pease

Glendale

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President Bush was asked to choose between two allies: Turkey or truth.

Daniel P. Quinn

St. Petersburg, Fla.

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I favor the genocide resolution, but let’s add an amendment and call it the Turkish and American Genocide Resolution. I think the millions of people who the U.S. slaughtered in Vietnam also calls for a resolution. Does the word “genocide” only apply to other countries?

Clifford Rackohn

Calabasas

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Re “Harman’s U-turn,” editorial, Oct. 10

So Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice) feels that foreign policy realism requires the U.S. to deny the Armenian holocaust.

Seems like Harman is on the same page with a certain Iranian head of state who suggests that more research is needed on these matters.

Tim Clark

Los Angeles

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Harman came down with a case of reality. Settling this 90-year-old issue is between Armenia and Turkey. There’s way too much at stake regarding Turkey’s relationship with its border neighbors, the European Union, NATO and the United States for a nonbinding congressional resolution upsetting the apple cart.

Paul Fuller

Palm Desert