Unclenching the fist entails not threatening your citizens with punishment for telling the truth. Unclenching the fist entails not blackmailing the United States with "consequences" for acknowledging the truth. Unclenching the fist requires the kind of power which educates citizens and does not deny them their land's previous history, the history about the keepers of the land before they were thrown out into the desert and exterminated for being Armenian Christians.
Unclenching the fist is easier and cheaper than the millions of our taxpayer money spent for denial of that which will set you free and make you a benign power rather than a bully. But how would you know that? You are too busy clenching your fist and spreading your denials around, thus becoming the enabler of other despots and mass murderers around the world. You have been doing that for over 90 years and if we let you, you will turn around and accuse Armenians of that which you are unable to acknowledge yourself.
I don't know if President Obama knew the extent reached by his one sentence on inauguration day but this is the time and the reason to say it. "Unclench your fist and we will talk." It doesn't matter who he said it to at the time. He set a precedent and opened the door for opportunity. I hope he remembers this sentence when he goes to Turkey in a couple of days and the issue of acknowledgement comes up, if it comes up.
All the Yegisapeths, the Aghavnis, the Karnigs, the Zoras, Hagops, Dikrans, Anahids, Arminees, Arams, Vanouhis, Melkons, Arekags, Yenovks, Mgrditchs, Vartouhis, Manoushags, Haroutiuns and their sons and daughters need to rest in peace and as long as the whole world is not unanimous towards what happened to them, they will not fully rest. Neither will we.
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