ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION IN U.S. CONGRESS - RHETORICAL GRANDSTANDING OR MEANINGFUL LEGISLATION ?????

In the on-going saga of the Genocide Resolution in the United States Congress, we bring to our readers the following two commentaries that recently appeared in prominent United States' publications. While both are critical of the resolution, they approach the issue from quite different perspectives and make for somewhat interesting reading.

1) An Op-Ed piece by Jackson Diehl that appeared in the March 5th edition of the Washington Post basically belittles the resolution as "Much Ado About Nothing."

2) A piece penned by Mark Parris, a former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, that appeared in the March 2nd issue of the Wall Street Journal. Mr. Parris, who served as ambassador under the Clinton Administration, laments the probable passage of the resolution and says it will result in a " train wreck with a longstanding American ally - Turkey."