Dana Rohrabacher: “In less than a week, we will be commemorating the anniversary of the Armenian genocide, a dark episode in the history of…”

“In less than a week, we will be commemorating the anniversary of the Armenian genocide, a dark episode in the history of mankind. Seventy-nine years ago this month, we remember the 1.5 million Armenians who died in the Armenian holocaust. This sad chapter in human history should remind us that we need to constantly be on guard against the dark side of human character. Armenia, is not alone, it shares a period of mourning with all too many other nations. Stalin's starvation of Ukraine, the Nazis slaughter of European Jewry, Mao's China, and Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge point out man's inclination for inhumanity toward others. Genocide could well be a remnant of our barbaric past. Unfortunately, it is still being used by some barbarians today. Serbia's campaign of 'ethnic cleansing,' or Iraq's feud with the Kurds, or the Burmese regime's battle with the Karens, or the situation we have watch spin out of control recently in Rawanda--genocide is part of our reality, now. I join today with the Armenian people in remembrance of all past and present victims of genocide. They are victims of evil. One of my hopes is that by remembering this tragedy we will have the wisdom to avoid it and the courage to stand up against it. I visited the Armenian Holocaust Memorial in Yerevan, the Capital of Armenia, placing a flower at the eternal torch. It was a solemn moment.”