Wheader we like Turkey or not doesn't realy matter, the West NEEDS them.
What do most want and hope to ashieve with motions like those adopted by Congres?
They simply want Turkey to CONFESS TO the fact and ACKNOWLEDGE that they commited grave attroceties against the Armenian people.
The killing ore just having about 700.000 "starved" can't be called ore waved away with the argument "'t was war ,we made mistakes.."
Nor should WE forget that it DID happen, it happend as good as the willfull sloughter of the American Indians ,the fact that it is "a old hat" doesn't free the Turkish people of a moral guild against the Armenians and the ofspring of the victims especialy.
Turkey should simply "come clean" and aknowldege what has happend and acsept the consequences of that , it's THAT what the western world asks of them.
None beeing right in his mind would blame pressent day Turks for what happend in those day's for those who took it upon them to do it are already dead for a long time.
Facing youre history isn't easy and often painfull as well but it's a introget part of growing up as nation and people and...unavoidable anyhowe.