“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)

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