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Erdogan’s Apology to Russia, Israel ‘Indicates Depth of Turkey’s Isolation’ on Global Stage

June 29, 2016 By administrator

A number of political experts believe that Erdogan’s apology and reconciliation with Putin indicate the depth of the isolation, which Turkey had to face over the last few months.

On Monday, the Kremlin announced that Erdogan had sent a letter regarding the incident with the Russian plane, in which he apologized for the incident and pledged to take any steps to “relieve the pain and severity of damage” caused to the family of the killed pilot.

According to German newspaper Bild, Erdogan’s decision to apologize for the incident with the Russian aircraft arose from Ankara’s growing isolation in the international arena.

“Ankara’s relations with Europe in the context of the refugee deal are going through hard times,” the newspaper wrote.

According to German magazine Spiegel Online, Erdogan’s move is “a great success” for Russia.

“The Kremlin scored more than just the required apology. Moscow’s positions in the Middle East have now strengthened. Ankara will be forced to recognize Russia’s presence in Syria,” the the magazine wrote, recalling that only a few months ago Erdogan labeled Russia’s involvement in Syria as an “occupation” and demanded the resignation of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

‘Testing the Waters’: What’s Behind Erdogan’s Letter to Dear Mr. Putin

In response to the downed aircraft Su-24, Moscow banned all charter flights to Turkey. In addition, it introduced an embargo on Turkish food which can now be withdrawn.

“What Turkey can expect now it the growing number of Russian tourists to its resorts,” German newspaper Das Bild wrote.

The sanctions imposed by Moscow against Turkish products have more severely affected the country’s economy than Ankara wanted to admit. The restrictive measures concerned not only food exports, but also tourism, a massive sector in which Russia has always played a main role.

“The Kremlin brought the proud, stubborn Erdogan to his knees,” Spiegel noted.

Before the relations between the two countries deteriorated, about four million Russians spent their holidays in Turkey every year. In 2016 the number of trip bookings to the country decreased by 92 percent.

The decreasing inflow of Russian tourists has had serious consequences for the Turkish economy and also because visitors from other countries preferred to stay away from Turkey. The number of German tourists fell by 31.5 percent in the first half of 2016, in particular due to domestic instability and an increasing number of terrorist attacks in the country.

Turkey Rights Groups Demand Apology, Compensation, and Restitution for Genocide

May 3, 2015 By administrator

Human rights organizations in Turkey, under the umbrella group “100th Year – Stop Denialism,” have issued the following statement:

Turkey Rights Groups Demand Apology,

An indelible, massive crime was committed in these lands, 100 years ago—a crime that will remain irreversible, irremediable, and unforgivable. During the genocide of 1915, Armenians and other Christian peoples of Asia Minor, among them Assyrians and Rums, were targeted by a systematic politics of extermination, and destroyed along with their social organizations, economy, arts and crafts, and historical and cultural heritage.

Our initiative “100th Year – Stop Denialism” was established to commemorate the genocide on April 24, in Istanbul and Diyarbakır. The initiative brings together (in alphabetical order) the Anatolian Cultures and Research Association (Aka-Der), Human Rights Association (HRA) – Committee against Racism and Discrimination, Nor Zartonk, Platform for Confronting History, Turabdin Assyrians Platform, and Zan Foundation for Social, Political, and Economic Research. Our initiative is also supported by the Gomidas Institute (London), the Armenian Council of Europe, and Collectif Van (Paris), whose representatives will be joining us.

Shame and responsibility are the basis of the “100th Year – Stop Denialism Initiative’s” conceptualization of the commemoration. We believe that any commemoration of the crime of genocide on these lands will have to express the responsibility of genocide denial itself, and the shame felt by the descendants of the peoples who have had the opportunity for growth, development, and enrichment in the absence of–due to the absence of–the peoples who fell victim to genocide.

While this understanding constitutes the ethical core of our acts of commemoration on April 24, our concrete demands are for recognition, apology, compensation, and restitution.

Our initiative’s commemorations begin at 11 a.m. on April 24, in front of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts on Sultanahmet Square, where we will hold a moment of silence in memory of the victims. This building was known as the central prison in 1915; individuals from the Istanbul Armenian community, including intellectual leaders, were arrested in their homes, detained here, and then sent off to the Haydarpaşa train station.

After the moment of silence, we will begin our “Genocide March,” walking in silence from Sultanahmet to Eminönü, and then crossing over to Haydarpaşa by sea. The detainees of April 24, 1915, were deported from Haydarpaşa to the depths of the country—in actual fact, to their deaths. Here, our “Genocide March” will end with another commemoration.

From Haydarpaşa, we will proceed to the Şişli Armenian Cemetery to commemorate Sevag Şahin Balıkçı, who fell victim to a ethnic-hate murder on April 24, 2011, while on mandatory military duty in Batman, and express our support to the Balıkçı family in their pursuit of justice.

Before and after the events of the “100th Year – Stop Denialism Initiative,” the constituents of the initiative will participate in two other events. Representatives of the Armenian Council of Europe, who were invited to Istanbul by the HRA Committee Against Racism and Discrimination, will hold a commemoration on Beyazıt Square at 10 a.m. on the same day, April 24. Members of the HRA Committee Against Racism and Discrimination, human rights defenders, and activists against genocide denial will participate in the commemoration of 20 Henchak Party leaders and members who were executed by hanging on June 15, 1915–yet another mass execution, of symbolic import, during the period of the Armenian Genocide.

A protest march organized by Nor Zartonk will start out at 6:30 p.m., from Galatasaray Lycée and head toward Taksim Square, followed by a 100th year commemoration event led by the Platform for Commemorating the Armenian Genocide, at 7:15 p.m., at the Taksim end of Istiklal Street.

Concurrently, in Diyarbakır, the Human Rights Association Diyarbakır branch and the Gomidas Institute are jointly organizing a commemoration of Armenian and Assyrian victims in the ruins of Surp Sarkis Church at noon on April 24, with support from the Diyarbakır Bar Association and the Zan Foundation.

The struggle for genocide recognition and against denialism will end neither on April 24, 2015, nor on Dec. 31, 2015. Until the state of the Republic of Turkey and the majority following official ideology recognize the crime and take steps toward compensation for the irreversible and irremediable losses, we will persevere in our pursuit of justice for the genocide victims of Asia Minor and for their descendants, who are dispersed around the world or who continue to live under the conditions of genocide perpetuated by denial.

100th Year – Stop Denialism Initiative

Davutoglu’s Fake Apology Offers No Recognition

April 21, 2015 By administrator

WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America’s (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian commented on a recent statement by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, in which the premier attempted to nullify the issue of the Armenian Genocide while offering no real recognition of the attempts by the Ottoman Empire to wipe out the Armenian people.

“Facing a global wave of Armenian Genocide recognition – from the Pope to the European Parliament – Turkey’s leaders are defiantly doubling down on denial,” Hamparian said in his comments. “Prime Minister Davutoglu’s fake apology today grants no recognition, accepts no responsibility, expresses no regret, and offers no reparations.”

“On April 24th, President Obama has a historic opportunity to reject Turkey’s gag-rule, ending a shameful chapter of U.S. complicity in Ankara’s denial, and moving Turkey, Armenia, and the region toward a better future based upon a truthful and just resolution of this crime.”

In his statement on Monday, Davutoglu said Turkey “shares the pain of Armenians whose parents or grandparents were killed under the Ottoman Empire during World War I.”

“We once again respectfully remember and share the pain of grandchildren and children of Ottoman Armenians who lost their lives during deportation in 1915,” Davutoglu said, avoiding any mentions of massacres, let alone genocide.

The relatively calm tone of the statement contrasts with the furious reactions from Ankara early this month when Pope Francis and the European Parliament used the term genocide to describe the killings.

Davutoglu had on April 12 lashed out at Pope Francis for what he described as “inappropriate” and “one-sided” comments on the issue. He pointed the finger at European countries who he said had committed many crimes against humanity, mentioning the ousting of Muslims from Spain five hundred years ago.

Threats from Ankara were also followed by accusations and insults, including some in the Turkish Foreign Minister’s comments when he called Argentinians “brainwashed” and accused the country of harboring Nazis in the past.

Davutoglu said Turks and Armenians should “heal their wounds from that century and reestablish their human relations.”

The statement echoed a similar one from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who last April offered “condolences” to the Armenian people, while in the same manner failing to admit any fault or any recognition of crimes against humanity.

Armenians call for German apology on genocide issue

April 4, 2015 By administrator

Germany’s politicians have debated the question of whether the Armenian Genocide should be referred to as such. Shortly before the 100th anniversary of the massacre, the discussion has entered a new round.

On April 24, the world will mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the Armenian Genocide. But instead of a proper commemoration in the Bundestag, there is controversy.

On the day of the anniversary later this month, the German parliament will devote an hour to the debate over the crimes committed against Armenian Christians in the former Ottoman Empire. In place of cross-party unity, dissent is expected to prevail. Report DW

The Greens and the Left Party are in favor of recognizing the massacre, which took place from 1915 to 1916, as genocide. But that’s just what the governing coalition of Christian Democrats (CDU) and Social Democrats (SPD) want to prevent – likely over the fear that such a decision would lead to a deep freeze in diplomatic relations with Turkey. Ankara has steadfastly rejected any acknowledgment of the past events as genocide.

“I, personally, am disappointed that there seems to be a critical lack of courage when it comes to saying what really happened,” said SPD politician Dietmar Nietan, in a recent interview with the Berlin-based Tagesspiegel newspaper.

‘An apology would be enough’

Descendants of massacre survivors have now called on the government to do just that. “An apology would be enough,” Ergün Ayik, head of the Surp Giragos Church Foundation in southern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, told the news agency dpa. The Surp Giragos Church is the largest Armenian church in the Middle East.

Armenian historian Ashot Hayruni, a professor at the Yerevan State University, also thinks Germany has a duty. “It’s important for the German Parliament to recognize the genocide as such, and condemn it,” he said, adding that the government should also actively influence Turkey to relent and make the same decision.

Many representatives of German civil society have condemned the government’s continued reluctance to recognize the genocide by name. “Even ignorance can be meaningful,” said Shermin Langhoff, the director of the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, speaking to the Tagesspiegel. Langhoff, who has dedicated a special series of programs at the theater to the memory of the genocide, believes the Bundestag’s behavior is fatal and will leave open “a major gap in Europe’s cultural memory.”

Markus Meckel has called for clarity from the German government

Markus Meckel, a civil rights activist from the former East Germany and a former SPD member of parliament, feels as if the current debate has been pushed back a decade. The Bundestag first dealt with the genocide question in 2005, and even back then the Turkey factor prevented the government from adopting a resolution.

After much back and forth, it was decided that Germans should apologize for the “inglorious actions of the German Empire” – more was not possible at that time. Even today, according to Meckel, the Bundestag is threatening to stop short. “Anyone who denies the term [genocide] essentially minimizes the disaster and the suffering,” he said.

The Germans knew everything

The involvement of the German Empire in the deportation of Armenians has long been considered a fact by historians. What has remained controversial, however, was the extent to which Germans were involved. Were they witnesses – or complicit?

According to estimates, anywhere from 300,000 to 1.5 million Armenians died in the genocide. In Armenia, the catastrophe is known as “aghet” – and is definitively categorized as genocide. In Turkey, however, the successor state of the Ottoman Empire, the suffering of those days is still officially considered “war-induced displacement and safety measures.” Casualty figures are also disputed by Turkey, which has prevented reconciliation between the two countries.

But Christin Pschichholz, a historian at the University of Potsdam, doesn’t mince words. “The German government was fully aware of the policy of extermination of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire,” she said, after reviewing documents from Germany’s Foreign Office. Death marches, executions and forced labor – German diplomats meticulously recorded everything that was going on around them at the time.

“The conclusion that between the years 1915 and 1918 a genocide took place on the territory of the Ottoman Empire has been known by the German government for the last 100 years,” said Rolf Hosfeld of the House of Lepsius Organization, which runs a genocide studies program together with the university.

Germany doesn’t want to jeopardize reconciliation

Bu that knowledge is not reflected in action. Government representatives have always avoided the use of the word genocide in connection with Armenia, instead using the terms “massacre” and “expulsion.”

During an inquiry by the Left Party in the Bundestag in February, the government once again fell back on this language. The stated reason: Germany does not want to jeopardize reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey. The conceptual framing of the massacre, according to the official line, should be left to the academics.

Armenia, along with more than 20 other countries, has recognized the events as genocide under the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948. About a year ago, then prime minister and current Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan broke his country’s decades-long silence and apologized to the victims and their descendants, speaking of “inhuman consequences” that led to the expulsion of the Armenians. He did not, however, speak of genocide.

In deference to Turkey

Meanwhile, all eyes will be on the official commemoration on April 24 in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. And also on the German delegation that will travel to Armenia to mark the anniversary.

Here, too, it seems Germany has deferred to Turkish sensibilities and will send only a small delegation. DW has found out that the government’s human rights commissioner, Christoph Strässer, and Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Roth will travel to Yerevan.

Neither Chancellor Angela Merkel nor Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier are planning to take part in an event which will see many other prominent world leaders – including French President Francois Hollande.

Cem Özdemir, co-chairman of Germany’s Green party, who traveled through Armenia last month, sharply criticized Germany’s behavior in the Tagesspiegel. “With false regard to Mr. Erdogan, the government is downplaying the Armenian Genocide,” he said. “Hardly a dignified response toward the victims and their descendants.”

Armenian genocide – German guilt?

Witness or accomplice? At a congress in Berlin, historians have been debating Germany’s role in the genocide of Armenians 100 years ago. New findings show that Germany’s complicity is greater than previously assumed. (06.03.2015)

Americana at Brand Issues Apology to Armenian Cart Vendors

March 12, 2015 By administrator

The Americana at Brand

GLENDALE—The Americana at Brand issued an apology to Armenian cart vendors after the shopping center’s management chose to bar them from selling their merchandise saying that it was inappropriate.

“We would like to apologize to our cart tenants, Tina Chuldzhyan, Alex Kodagolian and Armin Hariri, for the regrettable misunderstanding regarding their cart’s merchandise,” the Americana at Brand posted on the company’s Facebook page. “The cart tenant is more than welcome to have its product in question displayed on the cart.”

On Monday, Asbarez published an article by Harut Saassounian, in his regular “My Turn” column, in which the he reported on Americana’s decision to ban the sale of Armenian Genocide-themed t-shirts.

“Three young Armenian entrepreneurs rented a cart last month at the Americana — a large shopping-restaurant-theater complex in Glendale — to sell T-shirts, hats, and other clothing items advertised on their shop1915.com website.

After Americana’s leasing staff approved their merchandise, Tina Chuldzhyan, Alex Kodagolian, and Armin Hariri (a rapper known as ‘R-Mean’) began selling their merchandise.

On February 12, the opening day of their business, the three Armenians were unexpectedly told by Americana’s management to keep their cart family-friendly and remove all pictures of protests. Even though there were no pictures of any protests on the cart — just posters of people wearing the T-shirts on sale — Chuldzhyan told The California Courier that she immediately took down the posters to avoid any conflict with Americana.

On Feb. 25, Americana issued an ultimatum telling Tina and her two partners that within 24 hours they had to change the kind of merchandise they were selling, claiming that there had been public complaints about the ‘genocide’ clothing. Otherwise, they would have three days to vacate the premises.

Fearing that they were on the verge of eviction, the three entrepreneurs agreed not to display the Armenian T-shirts, and sell them only if requested by a customer. Later that afternoon, an Americana official reiterated that all clothing items with the ‘genocide’ theme had to be completely removed from the cart,” wrote Sassounian.

The apology of the Ambassador of France in Washington

January 16, 2015 By administrator

Paris January 15, 2015

The French Bureau of the Armenian Cause welcomes the clarification made by the Ambassador of France to the United States.

Following the campaign launched jointly by the ANCA in the United States and the BFCA in France in response to the words uttered on MSNBC 12 January 2015 by the Ambassador of France to the United States, it was keen to convey the January 14, 2015, a message to the President of the NAFC Ken Hachikian. In his message the ambassador Gerard Araud said:

“I am aware that my recent statements were misinterpreted giving legitimacy to the denial of the Armenian genocide. Far from me the idea. Not only France has officially recognized the Armenian Genocide but I myself was raised in a city, Marseille, with a vibrant Armenian community where I have many friends. I have always been personally convinced that the suffering of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted the first genocide in modern history. I hope this message will dispel any doubts you may have on this subject. »

The French Bureau of the Armenian Cause welcomes the clarification made by the Ambassador of France to the United States, Gerard Araud, which is consistent with the position always expressed by France. This adjustment clear and rapid development closes the misunderstanding that could have been used by opponents of the Armenian Cause in both the United States and France.

“In this year of commemoration of the centenary of the Armenian genocide, it was important that France, Armenia, the Armenian people ahead with one voice to bring the issue of the Armenian genocide, its negation and even repair” has said the director of the BFCA Harout Mardirossian. “We are pleased by the response of the Ambassador Araud also shows how much the international dimension is now essential for the Armenian Cause,” concluded the Director of the BFCA.

Press release of the Armenian National Committee of America.

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release January 15, 2015 Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian Tel: (202) 775-1918

FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE US CLARIFIED COMMENT ON MSNBC ANCA WITH LEADERS

Washington, DC – The Ambassador of France to the United States HAS Clarified, to leaders of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), he made remarks Earlier this week on the show MSNBC Andrea Mitchell Reports That Could-have-been Misinterpreted have to Giving Legitimacy the denial of the Armenian Genocide.

In a communication to ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian National and ANCA National Board member Raffi Hamparian, Ambassador Gerard Araud Affirmed the fact That France HAS officiellement the reconnu The Armenian Genocide and his personal conviction que la The Armenian Genocide constituted the first genocide in modern history.

“I am aware That Reviews some of my recent statements-have-been Misinterpreted as Giving Legitimacy to the denial of the Armenian Genocide,” Amb. Araud Told the ANCA. “Nothing Could further Top from me. Not only France Does Recognize The Armenian Genocide officiellement the goal I have-been bred myself in a city – Marseilles – with a vibrant Armenian community Where I had a lot of friends. Personally I have always beens Convinced que la Sufferings Inflicted to the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted the first genocide in the modern history. I hope this post Will dispel Any doubt That You Could Have on this topic. “

Prior to Becoming The Ambassador of France to the United States, Araud served as the Permanent Representative of France to the Security Council and Head of the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations. He served as the President of the Security Council in February 2010, May 2011, August 2012 and December 2013.

“We welcome Ambassador Araud clarification de son’s comments Regarding the Armenian Genocide,” remarked ANCA Communications Director Elizabeth Chouldjian. “Under President Francois Hollande and previous leaders, France has-been a forceful and effective advocate in the global campaign to end Turkey’s denial of the Armenian Genocide. In this year of the The Armenian Genocide centennial, Their vigilance and active leadership is all the more critical in the pursuit of justice for this crime. “

The controversy over Ambassador Araud’s comments on the Armenian Genocide Motions over an appearance he made on the Andrea Mitchell Reports show on MSNBC on January 12, 2015. On That show, host Andrea Mitchell Began to talk about free speech in qui she remarked, “The tradition of free speech … it all began in France DURING THE 1700’s and 18th century. Purpose There Are Laws in France, Laws That say you can not deny the Holocaust, Laws That say you can not deny the Armenian Genocide. So why is it permissible to Be as provocative thesis as anti-Muslim cartoons Were. This is a Debate HAVING journalistically we are here in the United States as well, “Mitchell Added.

In response to Andrea Mitchell’s question, Ambassador Araud Stated: “Actually, on the Armenian Genocide There Is No law about the denial of the Armenian Genocide. There is only one law about the denial of the Holocaust. Because it is not an opinion. The Holocaust eu lieu le. So, you know, you do not express an opinion When you say the Holocaust About did not take up. It is a fact. “

Moments After Ambassador Araud’s comments, the social media pages Erupted with ANCA Concerns and calls from Armenian Americans and Elected Officials alike, Demanding a clarification. Similar Concerns Were shared by the French Armenian community, prompting a strongly Worded letter by the French Bureau of the Cause Armenienne (BFCA – ANC France) to French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ask asking for an immediate explanation. The text of the letter BFCA (in French) is attached.

France officiellement reconnu the Armenian Genocide in 2001 with the adoption of Law 2001-70. Last year, on April 24th, President Francois Hollande joined the French Armenian community’s commemoration in Paris, Offering Powerful remarks condemning this crime and calling for the end of Turkey’s denial. President Hollande Will Be traveling to Armenia on April 24th 2015 to Participate in Genocide centennial activities.

Biden’s Apology to Erdogan Reinforces the US Policy of Succumbing to Turkey

October 6, 2014 By administrator

BY ARA KHACHATOURIAN

On Monday morning, news of ISIS militants’ advance on Kobane near the Turkey-Syria border flooded the media, with some citing eyewitness accounts that ISIS has planted its flag atop the hilly area, with the local Kurdish population fighting for its life and against the ISIS militants.

So where was the United States’ trusted ally Turkey in its pledge to help the so-called international effort led by the US to topple the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which now goes by the name of Islamic State?

We can say one thing: The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was, most likely, gloating because a day before he had received an apology from Vice-President Biden, who told the truth by revealing Turkey’s—and Erodgan’s—role in the advancement of ISIS in the region.

While speaking to a group of students at Harvard, Biden discussed the US strategy/policy in the region and expressed that Erdogan had admitted Turkey’s errors in allowing militants to freely roam its border. This comment angered Erdogan, who demanded an apology from Biden and threatened that “he [Biden] will be history for me if he has indeed used such expressions.”

It seems that Biden’s friendship with Erdogan, also known as the US completely succumbing and kowtowing to Turkey, far outweighs the truth that Turkey, in fact, has played a large role in aiding ISIS and allowing its spread of deadly violence in Iraq and Turkey.

This fact was highlighted by former US Ambassador to Turkey Francis Riccardione who told the London-based The Telegraph last month that Turkey has directly supported al Qaeda’s Syrian wing in defiance of the US and has worked with other hard-line al Qaeda affiliates, effectively opening its borders to Syria and allowing free access to those rebels.

“The Turks frankly worked with groups for a period, including al Nusra, whom we finally designated as we’re not willing to work with,” Riccardione was quoted in The Telegraph explaining the US response to Turkey.

Turkey’s role in advancing the ISIS cause has also been widely reported and highlighted by the media in the US, including a front-page report last month by The New York Times.

“Turkey has been criticized at home and abroad for an open border policy in the early days of the Syrian uprising. Critics say that policy was crucial to the rise of ISIS,” reported the New York Times on September 16.

“Turkish fighters recruited by ISIS say they identify more with the extreme form of Islamist governance practiced by ISIS,” added the New York Times report.

President Obama has vowed to destroy ISIS and has appealed to countries in the region to join the coalition. Turkey has refused US access to its own airbase in Incirlik, the second time Turkey has blocked US efforts in the region, and now, true to Turkish form and despite Biden’s apology, Ankara wants guarantees from the US that the current mission in the region would conclude with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s demise before fully committing Turkey’s support for the mission.

The Obama Administrations complete and utter submission to Turkey has been well-documented, but Biden’s apology takes the cake since he was simply stating what everyone already knew: Turkey is responsible for the rise of ISIS and the current crisis in the Middle East.

Also on Monday, The Times (of London) reported that Turkey may have freed more than 100 ISIS jihadists in return for 49 Turkish hostages the militant group was holding since June after taking over the Iraqi city of Mosul. These newly-released ISIS militants are now free to bear arms and wreak more havoc in the region, all thanks to Turkey’s policy in the region, which run counter to US interests.

What Biden’s apology has done is to embolden Turkey to, on one hand, place more preconditions to the US for its involvement in the campaign and, on the other, to continue its support for ISIS and other extremist militants in the region. More importantly, however, Biden’s apology has weakened US foreign policy, its standing in the international community and strengthened the resolve of ISIS to continue its reign of terror in the region.

Bravo Vice-President Biden for your cowardice.