/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A member of the Jewish lobby in the United States said “if Turkey doesn’t do something, the Armenian genocide bill will pass in the U.S. Congress despite our best efforts to block it,” reports Turkish Daily News. In his words, neither the Jewish lobby nor President George W. Bush’s last-minute efforts will stop the bill. The current political environment in the United States has turned against Turkey to an unprecedented degree. The degree is so large that the Armenian National Committee of America expressed in a statement issued last week that their chances for passing the bill are now the highest they have been in the last decade. For all these reasons, the U.S. Jewish lobby which has always managed to block the Armenian genocide bill in the past has warned the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to “either do something or be ready to face the consequences.”
According to the author of the article, there are three possible variants. A group of senior diplomats criticize Turkey’s past policies regarding the allegation and assert that “there’s nothing we can do after this hour.” Some in the Jewish Lobby believe that it is still not too late. If Turkey established diplomatic relations and opened the borders with Armenia, the tide could turn around. They have already suggested this as a way out to the Turkish MFA. A third group says, since an overwhelming majority of parliaments in the world have already recognized the genocide, the United States will inevitably have to join them in the end. Turkey should be producing pro-active policies rather than reactionary policies on this topic. Another official from the MFA said, “Although the atmosphere in the United States seems to be against Turks, we can still get some of the Democrats and Republicans on our side by staying on top of the issue. It is not too late.” The same official said he didn’t even want to imagine what it would be like if Turkish-U.S. relations were further crippled by the Armenian bill after the row over Iraq. U.S. diplomats express similar concerns. However, the bill has already turned into a scare for the Jewish lobby in the United States. The only hope, for now, is Turkey’s opening up its border with Armenia. Although the MFA seems to be favoring a more pro-active policy, this seems unlikely since 2007 is the year of general elections in Turkey. Thus, the year 2007 is pregnant with a crisis that would leave even crises over the presidential elections and the general elections in the shadow, with the Jewish lobby already warning the Turkish MFA about the yet unborn child.
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