My two cents on the "Jewish role in the Armenian Genocide": I can understand why there is a whole cottage industry out there for conspiracy theorists to thrive in; particularly, when the likes of Abe Foxman of the ADL and many other Jewish organizations cast doubt, deny, and denigrate the veracity of the Armenian genocide with all their might and money --Turkish money, to be exact; blood money of Armenian victims is even more exact.

In fact, the sole responsibility of the Armenian genocide falls solely and squarely on Turkish shoulders -- Period. Modern day Turkish leaders have shamelessly performed a series of lobotomies on their citizens to eradicate the memories of their criminal Ottoman past; It is obvious that article 301 of the Turkish penal code, is in part -- as there are other reasons -- designed to muzzle free speech, discourage debate, and prevent the truth from ever seeing the light of day.

In a nutshell: The Ottoman Empire at that time was commonly known as "the sick man of Europe", a sign that the once-great power was crumbling, just as Khatchig mentioned in his article. Furthermore, the Ottoman leaders became increasingly paranoid as Christian minorities began to gain their independence one by one. The Ottoman Turks grew restless and began to envision a new pan-Turkic empire spreading all the way to Turkic speaking people to the east. Unfortunately, Armenian ancestral land was in the way of that dream. They wanted land -- not people; Armenian land -- without Armenians... Ethnic cleansing was the answer, genocide was the solution. so, they thought.