Who remembers the Armenians?

I’d been quietly, if feebly, sympathetic towards some of the realpolitik concerns about the forthcoming Congressional vote on recognising the Armenian genocide. Then the Washington Post came out fighting. Apparently the resolution is “Worse than Irrelevant”

The Post chuntered that Congressman Adam Schiff, the driving force behind the resolution thanks to the vociferous lobbying of US-Armenians in his California district (mere parochialism according to the Post because of course it’s stupid to listen to one’s constituents…) is up to no good. Worse still, the paper sneered:

How many House members can be expected to carefully weigh Mr. Schiff’s one-sided “findings” about long-ago events in Anatolia?

Apparently given:

the high risk to vital U.S. security interests, the Armenian genocide resolution cannot be called frivolous. In fact, its passage would be dangerous and grossly irresponsible.

And yes, for sure, passing the resolution is symbolic rather than substantive – or rather it would be if it didn’t also suggest, quite powerfully, to Turkey that it’s past time it acknowledged the darker aspects of its history.