simply incoherent

Submitted by mam (United States), Jun 12, 2006 at 11:36

I have no interest in Robert John's character, but rather in his credibility as an interpreter of the information. Which is low, based on his obvious desire to put the Third Reich in the best light possible. (I am afraid you do not inspire much confidence either, as you seem unable to differentiate between Kevork Bardakjian and Peter Balakian.)

All these years I have wanted someone to give me a credible explanation why someone (a non-Armenian, a non-partisan in the "Armenian genocide" wars which really didn't exist yet) would fabricate the quote. I mean, we all agree that Hitler gave a speech that day about invading Poland and ruthlessly dealing with the inhabitants, yes? Are you telling me that someone thought "I know how we can make Hitler look REALLY bad -- we'll say he mentioned the extermination of the Armenians"! Because, of course, that was really topical in 1939. The eminent Dr. John said, according to an article on his work, that "he believed that the document was introduced to create a climate of hate." Tell me how a reference to the Armenians was somehow going to accomplish this after a war in which Hitler was responsible for the death of 6 million Jews and 10s of millions of others. The "Armenian quote" was part of an anti-Hitler smear campaign! That makes tremendous sense, and inspires even more confidence in John.

Or is it your position that the "Armenian Lobby" that did not then exist actually created this quote for propaganda purposes?

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