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It's Not Exactly Revenge

Imagine, it’s in the early years of the 1900’s and you live in a small country in Europe. You have some allies and some enemies, but you’re OK with that. Then, sometime in April, your country has been under attack, killing 75% of your population. You (among about 100 survivors) are driven out into the desert with no bread or water. Everyone you knew was brutally murdered, and every single one of your relatives is now dust. But now, you’re in America, land of the free, home of the brave. You turn to politics and it’s going great for the next 20 years. Then you look up what happened to your precious city. You question the politics about it and they don’t know one single thing about it. This upsets you. You also hear that America hasn’t accepted it. Why? Because the opposite country is denying it. How you feel? Angry right? Well, that’s how many Armenians feel about it too. Turkey ...

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