Since most people might prefer that historical issues be left to historians and that government stay out of such issues here is a BBC debate between two Historians on the issue.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7042209.stm
Guenter Lewy cites in his rebuttal Bernard Lewis who is a true Dragoman in the linguistic sense of the word and a former advisor to the W. Bush White House. As was pointed out in a graduate school disscussion, Bernard Lewis is one of those academics who initially referred to the events of 1915 in his 1961 book The Emergence of Modern Turkey as a "terrible holocaust." Subsequently changed his mind conveniently around this time he started to recieve assistance and better archival access from Turkish sources so I hear. Coincidence I'm sure.
I have a good friend who is at present in Armenia so I'm waiting to here from her on the Armenian reaction to today's vote.
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