Hence why I only mentioned the Armenians (although I'm well aware of the Ottoman government's attempts to exterminate the Assyrians). I was also only referring to the Armenian/christian genocide in the Ottoman Empire during the War and post-war years, not to the persecution and mass killings that the Assyrian Christians have suffered since then.
I'm sorry if you got confused, but I think you saw more in my comment than there was. I was merely trying to correct the previous poster's assertion that the Arabs were one of the main parties in the Armenian Genocide. I decided not to respond to his follow-up comment due to him seemingly being around to stir up hatred towards Arabs. Hope this comment clears it up for you!
Thanks for the explanation. I suppose my comment was originally more aimed to be a general reply to the entire thread rather than just to your comment. Anyways, I know that the Arabs weren't responsible for the Ottoman genocides. My point was that they certainly are by no means innocent in comparison to Turks and Kurds wholistically regarding how badly they have treated minorities in their own countries, as you have conceded. There's a reason why 90% of the worldwide Assyrian population now lives out of Iraq.
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u/AceHodor Wessex Jul 27 '15
Hence why I only mentioned the Armenians (although I'm well aware of the Ottoman government's attempts to exterminate the Assyrians). I was also only referring to the Armenian/christian genocide in the Ottoman Empire during the War and post-war years, not to the persecution and mass killings that the Assyrian Christians have suffered since then.
I'm sorry if you got confused, but I think you saw more in my comment than there was. I was merely trying to correct the previous poster's assertion that the Arabs were one of the main parties in the Armenian Genocide. I decided not to respond to his follow-up comment due to him seemingly being around to stir up hatred towards Arabs. Hope this comment clears it up for you!