Woodrow Wilson: Armenia is to be redeemed
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Woodrow Wilson: Armenia is to be redeemed –
‘The government is now unable to restrain the horrible massacres that have made that country a graveyard… Armenia is to be redeemed!’
Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924
28th President of the United States (Democrat, NJ)
Speech, Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, September 23, 1919
Wilson was referring to the Armenian genocide that was being carried out by Turkey. Under the League of Nations treaty then executed, the League would take over Armenia and end the massacres.