Opponents of this resolution have argued that we should not make such a designation because Armenians were not the victims of "genocide." I disagree. At the beginning of World War I. some 2.5 million Armenians lived in the Ottoman Empire. By 1923. 60 percent of this populationan estimated 1.5 million peopledied as a result of the policies of the Ottoman rulers. Regarding the Armenian culture as alien and the Armenian demand for tolerance and freedom as unacceptable. the empire embarked upon a deliberate campaign to eliminate the Armenian people through deportation and death. The nature and extent of this campaign was well documented by U.S. officials at the time. For example.
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