In 1944, a Polish-Jewish lawyer named Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959) sought to describe Nazi policies of systematic murder, including the destruction of European Jews. He formed the word genocide by combining geno-, from the Greek word for race or tribe, with -cide, from the Latin word for killing. In proposing this new word, Lemkin had in mind “a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves.” The next year, the International Military Tribunal held at Nuremberg, Germany, charged top Nazi officials with “crimes against humanity.” The word genocide was included in the indictment, but as a descriptive, not legal, term.
https://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/defining-genocide
Muslim Turks were guilty of genocide based on religion decades before the word was coined in 1944.
See the 1919 documentary film Auction of Souls:
If you watched the film you should be asking yourself why Democrats like Speaker Pelosi and Senator Di Fi are so hot to disarm women?
I did not know about Islam’s genocide a thousand years ago, but the definition certainly applies:
Last April 24 was Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Millions of Armenians around the world remembered how the Islamic Ottoman Empire killed -- often cruelly and out of religious hatred -- some 1.5 million of their ancestors during World War I.
Ironically, most people, including most Armenians, are unaware that the first genocide of Christian Armenians at the hands of Muslim Turks did not occur in the twentieth century; rather it began in 1019 -- exactly one thousand years ago this year -- when Turks first began to pour into and transform a then much larger Armenia into what it is today, the eastern portion of modern-day Turkey.
Ironically, most people, including most Armenians, are unaware that the first genocide of Christian Armenians at the hands of Muslim Turks did not occur in the twentieth century; rather it began in 1019 -- exactly one thousand years ago this year -- when Turks first began to pour into and transform a then much larger Armenia into what it is today, the eastern portion of modern-day Turkey.
May 4, 2019
The Forgotten Armenian Genocide of 1019 AD
By Raymond Ibrahim
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/the_forgotten_armenian_genocide_of_1019_ad.html
The Forgotten Armenian Genocide of 1019 AD
By Raymond Ibrahim
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/the_forgotten_armenian_genocide_of_1019_ad.html
I remember seeing one small monument reminding people of the two million Christian Armenians slaughtered by Turkish Muslims in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire. There are probably a few more monuments in this country built to honor the victims of totalitarian government that I have not seen. If so, they are erected with private donations. There is no national monument reminding future generations of the horrors governments inflict on mankind.
I once suggested a national monument dedicated to the tens of millions who were murdered by totalitarian governments in the 20[SUP]th[/SUP] century alone. Perhaps a national day of remembrance, too.
Parenthetically, novels are written about every famous person that ever lived and died, while the names of the millions murdered by their own governments throughout history will never be known. A wall depicting 100,000,000-plus question marks added to the known names will suffice. Such a memorial wall would dwarf the Great Wall of China.
Finally, no government ever waged genocide against a well-armed citizenry.
To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens. Adolf Hitler
This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future! Adolph Hitler
A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
REGISTRATION IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE CONFISCATION. Flanders
“If you think a theater filled with unarmed people against a lone gunman is scary, imagine a disarmed populace against a tyrannical government.” Anonymous
This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future! Adolph Hitler
A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
REGISTRATION IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE CONFISCATION. Flanders
“If you think a theater filled with unarmed people against a lone gunman is scary, imagine a disarmed populace against a tyrannical government.” Anonymous
p.s. Instead of sending the U.S. military into civil wars in foreign countries supply the people with all the guns and ammunition they can handle.
p.p.s. Naturally, Juan Guadio welcomes the U.S. military. In that way he avoids the problem of disarming the people after Maduro is gone:
Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido said he cannot rule out the option of the U.S. military working with his nation’s armed forces to oust President Nicolas Maduro, telling the Washington Post that such an offer from the Trump administration would have to be voted on in the parliament he leads.
Venezuela's Guaido Doesn't Rule Out U.S. Military Action
Jose Orozco
May 5, 2019
https://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-apos-guaido-says-u-030944448.html
Jose Orozco
May 5, 2019
https://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-apos-guaido-says-u-030944448.html