It should be a time to reflect on the personal narratives of those who were exited. the historical evidence of villages and communities that were destroyed. and diplomatic cables from U.S. officials that described the atrocities. It should be an opportunity to resolve ourselves to fight crimes against humanity in all forms and all places. Instead. year after year. April 24 unleashes a battle of semantics. Those who acknowledge what happened in Armenia as a "tragedy." a "catastrophe." or a "massacre" are correct. But nothing other than the term "genocide" can wholly characterize the systematic deportation of nearly 2 million Armenians and the deliberate annihilation of 1.5 million men. women and children. Anything short of that is unfair to those who perished and unhelpful to our plight against future acts of genocide.
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