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This page is a continuation from:

The 1989 Sworn Statement of Edward Tashji

 

 
Introduction

 

Dear reader, to the Armenian I am a traitor, one who has committed the greatest sin; to the Turk I have come to be known as a, “Turk dostu” a friend of Turks: ours is the embrace of brotherhood. I offer the reader my greatest success, that for which I have devoted much of my life, and this you will read on separate pages following my commentary. Read carefully please the writings of an Armenian student who sent me three letters. The most satisfying achievement in my humble life Is the third and final letter I received from a young man whom I have never met. Indeed, read his words carefully and under­stand I have not turned against my people, for to do so would be to deny my mother.

  

Edward Tashji

 

Holdwater Note: The following letters are handwritten, and if you think you can do a better job of transcribing them than I have, you're welcome! I have reproduced the copies of the originals.

 

LETTER NO. 1 — April 1969


 

Arm. Evangelical Sec. School
Aingar — Bekaa
Lebanon

April 4, 1969

Mr. Tashji,

I am writing to you in English because may be you don’t know Armenian. I heard that you are an “Armenian” and, being an “Armenian” you have incurraged Sadi Kochash the turkish writer for his “Tarih Boyunca Ermeniler ve Turk-Ermeni Iliskileri” history book. I am an Armenian student in Lebanon and I am sure you have forgotten how turks have slain 1.5 million of Armenians in 1915 April 24. I desire that every Armenian do not believe what turks create proofs, lie proofs to huminety to cover the rights of Armenian nation.

In reality you are a foolish person.

Shame on you.

Boghos Mardirian

 

1969 letter to Edward Tashji

 Holdwater Note: 1969 is an earlier era than my experience in the "genocide," but how interesting that even then Armenians would refuse to capitalize the word "Turk," as they commonly do these days. Natalie, a present day version of Mr. Mardirian (although perhaps a more obsessed one) gives an idea of why the word doesn't "even deserved to be capitalized"; see under "From Natalie, with Love," in the Letters section.

 

LETTER NO. 2 — May 1969


 

May 1969 

MR. EDWARD TASHJI. 

WE, THE STUDENTS OF THE UPPER CLASSES OF THE ARMENIAN EVANGELICAL SECONDARY SCHOOL IN AINJAR, FULLY AGREE WITH MR. BOGHOS MARDIRIAN . AND PROTEST AGAINST YOUR PRO-TURKISH FEELINGS AND PROPAGANDA. 

WE ADVISE YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE EVIL SPIRIT AND NATURE OF THE TURKS, AND TO KEEP SILENCE.

 

Marjain Pavas
Hrath Bormajian
??ilo Habekian
Areo?f Opelian?
Sarakjian Siran
H?anouk Madirossian
Loucia Velian
Lena Balalomian
Kuar Epra?lian
Borjanli Hammoudiem
Orchanian Hagop
Shaglig Djambagian
Haida Tanoyan
??? Kalidjian
Artin Kurdian
Simon Airgafian
Krikor Pavassian
Vahan? Leger??
????
Alice Marjoumanian
Elmart Beshikian
Tsahag Balahanian
Alice Baghdassasian
Vartan Vasili
Bodres? Shihiashian
Sina? Tradian
Mouses Golfalian
Unises? Hargilian
Lucy Tradian
Hagop Medikian
Berj Balaknia
SirMar.
A??ijian Zvart?
Asa Mogeldichian
Joseph Elmassian
?oghia Kofanian
Murjessian Maro
Yorananki Bashgezenian
Mouses Kevorkian
Kevork D. Stepanion
Hagop Makhoulian
Ardavast Anespikian
1969 petition to Edward Tashji


LETTER NO. 3 June 1974

 

Zahle, Lebanon
Mur? Michael
June 10, 1974

Dear Mr. Tashji,

I have dishonored you personally and do not know how to ask for forgiveness.

Be sure you have taught an armenian not to hate.

I hope you’ll consider this a very personal letter and shall not disappoint me.

Honestly,

Boghos Mardirian



My life’s MOST rewarding achievement — from a student I never met.

E.T.

 

  1974 letter to Edward Tashji


 Holdwater Note: Son of a gun! Now that Mr. Mardirian gained hold of his senses and became appropriately humbled, he spelled "Armenian" with a small "a"...

It seems Mr. Mardirian wished this letter to remain private, and ordinarily I would have respected his wish, and withheld his name. However, this information has already been made public. Therefore, Mr. Mardirian, if you come across this old letter of yours (who would have even THOUGHT of the Internet in 1974...), just remember how misled you were, and how (thanks to Edward Tashji's helping to open your eyes to your own wonderful humanity) you may be helping today's huge flock of hateful Armeni-Lemmings, who have trouble thinking for themselves... and have been conditioned to swallow the garbage and hatred they've been fed. Isn't that really the whole purpose of this exercise, to stress the love we should be feeling for each other, instead of all this horrible hate? Especially given the six centuries of brotherhood shared between the Armenians and the Turks..?

And let's stay on Mr. Tashji's note for a moment, as far as this communication being his life's most rewarding achievement. Put yourself in Edward Tashji's shoes. He has made the courageous decision to not be the typical "My people, right or wrong" Armeni-Lemming...  but to live his life on the basis of principle. As always, courage comes with a price. Fanaticism ("I will KILL you!") has always gone hand-in-hand with Armenians, as Natalie (from the aforementioned "Letters" section) has kindly provided us as a current example of. Not only has Mr. Tashji have had to live with this "discomfort" for many years, but imagine the hell he must have gone through to be perceived by his own beloved people as being a traitor to their "cause." And imagine his feelings when he received this rare letter, vindicating in some small way the tough course he has bravely chosen to take. I tell you, tears don't come that easily to my eyes, but I'm getting a bit watery just thinking about it.

Thank you, Edward Tashji, for serving as an inspiring example of what humanity needs to be about.

 

 

  

 

 

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THE PURPOSE OF TALL ARMENIAN TALE (TAT)
...Is to expose the mythological “Armenian genocide,” from the years 1915-16. A wartime tragedy involving the losses of so many has been turned into a politicized story of “exclusive victimhood,” and because of the prevailing prejudice against Turks, along with Turkish indifference, those in the world, particularly in the West, have been quick to accept these terribly defamatory claims involving the worst crime against humanity. Few stop to investigate below the surface that those regarded as the innocent victims, the Armenians, while seeking to establish an independent state, have been the ones to commit systematic ethnic cleansing against those who did not fit into their racial/religious ideal: Muslims, Jews, and even fellow Armenians who had converted to Islam. Criminals as Dro, Antranik, Keri, Armen Garo and Soghoman Tehlirian (the assassin of Talat Pasha, one of the three Young Turk leaders, along with Enver and Jemal) contributed toward the deaths (via massacres, atrocities, and forced deportation) of countless innocents, numbering over half a million. What determines genocide is not the number of casualties or the cruelty of the persecutions, but the intent to destroy a group, the members of which are guilty of nothing beyond being members of that group. The Armenians suffered their fate of resettlement not for their ethnicity, having co-existed and prospered in the Ottoman Empire for centuries, but because they rebelled against their dying Ottoman nation during WWI (World War I); a rebellion that even their leaders of the period, such as Boghos Nubar and Hovhannes Katchaznouni, have admitted. Yet the hypocritical world rarely bothers to look beneath the surface, not only because of anti-Turkish prejudice, but because of Armenian wealth and intimidation tactics. As a result, these libelous lies, sometimes belonging in the category of “genocide studies,” have become part of the school curricula of many regions. Armenian scholars such as Vahakn Dadrian, Peter Balakian, Richard Hovannisian, Dennis Papazian and Levon Marashlian have been known to dishonestly present only one side of their story, as long as their genocide becomes affirmed. They have enlisted the help of "genocide scholars," such as Roger Smith, Robert Melson, Samantha Power, and Israel Charny… and particularly  those of Turkish extraction, such as Taner Akcam and Fatma Muge Gocek, who justify their alliance with those who actively work to harm the interests of their native country, with the claim that such efforts will help make Turkey more" democratic." On the other side of this coin are genuine scholars who consider all the relevant data, as true scholars have a duty to do, such as Justin McCarthy, Bernard Lewis, Heath Lowry, Erich Feigl and Guenter Lewy. The unscrupulous genocide industry, not having the facts on its side, makes a practice of attacking the messenger instead of the message, vilifying these professors as “deniers” and "agents of the Turkish government." The truth means so little to the pro-genocide believers, some even resort to the forgeries of the Naim-Andonian telegrams or sources  based on false evidence, as Franz Werfel’s The Forty Days of Musa Dagh. Naturally, there is no end to the hearsay "evidence" of the prejudiced pro-Christian people from the period, including missionaries and Near East Relief representatives, Arnold Toynbee, Lord Bryce, Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and so many others. When the rare Westerner opted to look at the issues objectively, such as Admirals Mark Bristol and Colby Chester, they were quick to be branded as “Turcophiles” by the propagandists. The sad thing is, even those who don’t consider themselves as bigots are quick to accept the deceptive claims of Armenian propaganda, because deep down people feel the Turks are natural killers and during times when Turks were victims, they do not rate as equal and deserving human beings. This is the main reason why the myth of this genocide has become the common wisdom.