"...Japan should reflect on what happened to Turkey.
Turkey, like Japan, is a U.S. ally. It is poor but its geostrategic location makes it critical for U.S. strategy. In part because of Turkey's failure to deal with the Armenian genocide, it has incurred the wrath of many Armenian-Americans. Armenian-Americans are neither as numerous nor as noticeably successful as Chinese-Americans and Korean-Americans, but the Armenian-Americans have damaged Turkey's interests. For example, due to Armenian lobbying, the United States has been hampered in its policies to help Turkey's ally, Azerbaijan...."
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