It looks like some Democrats see they have been caught in their scheme:
A House vote to label the century-old deaths of Armenians as genocide was in jeopardy Tuesday after several Democrats withdrew their support and sounded alarms it could cripple U.S. relations with Turkey.
The loss of support is a major setback to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill, who have fiercely defended the resolution to Republicans and the Bush administration as a moral imperative in condemning the World War I-era killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
One of the most high-profile flippers is Jack Murtha. He wrote in an e-mail:
“From my discussions with our military commanders and foreign policy experts, I believe that this resolution could harm our relations with Turkey and therefore our strategic interests in the region,”
There is a saying where I come from that I won’t use, but you may know. It ends in “Sherlock.” Still no word on whether Murtha is sorry for calling our Marines clold blooded killers.
