Reconcile trauma

Re “Soccer-match diplomacy,” Opinion, Sept. 16

Denying the Armenian genocide for expediency helps neither Armenians nor Turks reconcile this trauma.

The right thing to do is to quit denying the Armenian genocide by delaying its recognition and move forward with truth and mutual understanding. The future, mortgaged or otherwise, is brighter when you don’t have to lie about your past.

Shant Agajanian

Joshua Tree