Bruce Fein: Genocide

Bruce Fein is American lawyer. Explore interesting quotes on genocide.
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“After statehood was lost, Armenians turned to their genocide playbook which exploited Christian bigotries and contempt for Ottoman Muslims. They remembered earlier successful anti-Ottoman propaganda.”

Bruce Fein

Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)

Success

“From 280,000-750,000, Armenians initially raised their death count to 800,000 to test the credibility waters. … They are now testing the waters at 2.5-3 million killed as their chances for a congressional genocide resolution recede. It speaks volumes that champions of the inflated death figures have no explanation for why Armenians on the scene would have erred. Think of the absurdity of discarding the current death count of Afghan civilians in the United States-Afghan war in favor of a number deduced in the year 2109!”

Bruce Fein

Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)

Death , War , Thinking , Water

“To paraphrase Mark Twain, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and the number of Armenians who are claimed by Armenians and their echo chambers to have died in an alleged World War I genocide.”

Bruce Fein

Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)

War , World

“Not a single one of those deaths necessarily falls within the definition of genocide in the authoritative Genocide Convention of 1948. It requires proof that the accused was responsible for the physical destruction of a group in whole or in substantial part specifically because of their race, nationality, religion, or ethnicity. A political or military motivation for a death falls outside the definition.”

Bruce Fein

Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)

Death , Religion , Motivation , Parting

“Immediately after the war, when events and memories were fresh, Armenians had no incentive to concoct high casualty figures or genocidal motivations for their deaths. Their objective was statehood.”

Bruce Fein

Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths (2009)

Death , War , Motivation , Memory

“In parts of Europe, disbelief in the Armenian genocide allegation is a crime on par with Holocaust denial. But the Holocaust was proven before the Nuremburg Tribunal with the trappings of due process. Armenians, in contrast, have forgone bringing their genocide allegation before the International Court of Justice because it is unsupported by historical facts.”

Bruce Fein

Armenian crime amnesia? (2007)

Justice , Parting