http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...article_MoreIn

"There would be consequences," if the vote passes, said Suat Kiniklioglu, a legislator and deputy chairman of external affairs for the ruling Justice and Development party. "Turks find it very offensive to be equated with Nazis."

"We are working well with the U.S. in a number of areas—in Iraq, in Pakistan, Afghanistan, on the Middle East peace process, Iran and Syria. In all these areas, if this passes through the Congress there would be an impact," said Mr. Kiniklioglu, speaking by phone from Washington. Turkey has the second-largest armed forces in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and is a key U.S. ally in the region.

Up to 1.5 million ethnic Armenians are estimated to have died through executions, mass deportations, starvation and other means in 1915. Armenians, and many historians, say the killings were an attempt to erase Armenians from Eastern Anatolia and were therefore genocide.

Turkey argues that the events, while tragic, can't be compared to the Jewish holocaust and don't amount to genocide. Turkish officials note that the killings took place during World War I, as the Ottoman Empire was disintegrating and under attack from all sides, including Russia. Armenians, traditional allies of Russia, were seen as a fifth column. Even the historical record, they say, was warped by the wartime propaganda needs.

So let me get this straight: since the killings by Ottoman Turkey took place in the middle of a world war, as the country was under attack from all sides including Russia, a group seen as a fifth column was targeted and the historical record was warped by wartime propaganda needs...they shouldn't be compared to Germany in WWII?