Armenia and President Bush

Is President Bush intentionally trying to estrange every supporter he ever had? Sometimes it seems that way. Granted that the Democrats do nothing to cooperate either. But this latest is pure-and-simple stubborn as a mule.

I thought "W" was committed to doing what is right (in his view) regardless of its popularity. I thought he looked at issues in terms of right versus wrong--regardless of the opinions of other people.

Now he has the opportunity to do so, and apparently he has deliberately chosen to do the opposite.

I'm talking about the Armenian genocide. In the first part of the 20th century, Muslims in Turkey slaughtered Armenians. The estimate I heard tonight was 1.5 million Armenians were slaughtered. Turkey has always denied that anything happened. But I know Armenians whose relatives died in that genocide while others fled the country.

Now a bill is working its way through congress recognizing this atrocity as genocide and calling on the U.S. to call it such. But "W"--the president who wants to do what is right regardless of others' opinions--is urging Republicans to vote "No" on the bill. He and those around him are concerned that it might damage relations with Turkey.

Well, if we "do what is right regardless of others' opinions" then how about if we give validity to the claims of the Armenians--regardless of the opinions of the Turks?

What do you think?