According to the AP, an Oklahoma man was declared brain dead and was about to have his organs removed, only to be saved by family members after he showed reactions to touch while paying their last respects. This sounds like the making of a horror story. How many thousands, after being declared brain dead, have gone under the knife and had their organs plucked from their bodies, while alert enough of their situation to know it, but unable to convey their horror externally.
"We all deeply regret the tragic suffering of the Armenian people that began in 1915," Bush said in a brief statement. "But this resolution is not the right response to these historic mass killings and its passage would do great harm to relations with a key ally in NATO, and to the war on terror."
"Yes, historic mass killings, tragic suffering. Yadda yadda. But it's not genocide."
Turkey has recalled its ambassador to the United States in response to a House resolution that would call the World War I massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces genocide, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs passed the measure 27-21 Wednesday, even though President Bush and key administration figures lobbied hard against it. The full House is expected to vote on it, possibly Friday.
