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Related: About this forumFareed Zakaria: As Biden calls out Turkey for genocide, should we call out ourselves as well?
Biden recognizes Turkeys massacre of Armenians as a genocide. Fareed Zakaria questioned whether America should query itself. The guests answer was prescient.
https://egbertowillies.com/2021/04/29/fareed-zakaria-as-biden-calls-out-turkey-for-genocide-should-we-call-out-ourselves-as-well/
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Fareed Zakaria: As Biden calls out Turkey for genocide, should we call out ourselves as well? (Original Post)
egbertowillies
Apr 2021
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no_hypocrisy
(46,231 posts)1. Absolutely.
comradebillyboy
(10,177 posts)2. The difference being that the US never denied
its actions against Native Americans. From colonial times through the 19th century land hungry settlers and immigrants wanted the Indians gone. Nothing could stand in the way of the westward expansion. The nation was proud of its Manifest Destiny.
DENVERPOPS
(8,851 posts)4. Yes, they did brag openly about
killing off all those so called savages.
I think the number of Native Americans that were killed by the U.S. Gov't's and its citizens genocide was FAR greater than Hitler or any other countries regime.
brush
(53,922 posts)3. Amen. Amen. Amen. Keep speaking truth to power, brother.
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