Why were my earlier comments removed in which I criticized your editorial? I thought this was a website where different ideas could be exchanged?

Your reference about Armenia violating international law is weak. The history of this conflict would show that the territory in question had been Armenia's for centuries. Over 90% of the population in that region is Armenian and it was part of the Armenian state under the USSR until the 1940's when Stalin gave this territory to Azerbaijan as a reward for willingness to support Soviet policies when the Armenians would not. Since that territory has been under Azeri rule, the Azeri's attempted to strip the Armenians of their language, culture and religion. Armenians were forbidden to teach their own language to their children. Human rights violation against Armenians protesting these laws are well documented.

What the Azeri's were doing the Armenian population in this region were similar to what the US government did to Native Americans.

While I will alwasy debate you on the validity of the Genocide and the Azeri conflict, I ask that you not use horrible quotes like "You have to massacre Armenians to beat them." This does nothing but fuel the type of hatred that justifies genocide or abuse of human rights. My grandmother who passed away this year was a victim of the Armenian Genocide. She was not an evil person. At age 79, she learned how to speak Spanish so she could communicate with a neighbor that had moved next door. She was not the face of evil so please don't use quotes like that to describe me or my grandmother.