The Hill reports that several prominent House Democrats will hold a press conference today calling upon leadership not to schedule a vote on the Armenian genocide resolution that threatens to undermine Turkey’s support for U.S. efforts in Iraq.
Besides the Congressmen participating in this press conference, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) has quietly written Speaker Pelosi and asked her to defer consideration of the genocide resolution. Skelton’s fear–likely shared by Murtha, at least–is that without Turkey’s help, it will be harder to get out of Iraq:
If Pelosi is looking for rationale to make the politically ‘safe’ decision–not to risk being blamed for a meltdown in Iraq–this is all the pretext she needs. The signals from Skelton and Murtha are an indication that a vote on the resolution is no longer a sure thing.
