The U.S. military routes most of its supplies for the Iraq war through Turkey.

The genocide measure in Congress isn't new. It has come up again and again over the years, but it has never passed. There are nearly 400,000 Armenian-Americans in the U.S., largely centered in Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles. As you can imagine, they are very much in favor of this bill, as many are the relatives of people who fled the killings. A number of other countries, including France and Russia, have already approved similar measures calling the killings genocide. Do you think the people today whose families were affected by the killings deserve to have this measure passed? Or do you think too much time has passed for it to make much difference?

But Americans who are against the genocide bill say this is a very bad time for it because of the war in Iraq. They say the U.S. needs to keep good relations with Turkey and does not want to anger its government. The U.S. must ship many things to its troops in Iraq, including weapons and all sorts of supplies, and most of what it sends goes through Turkey. Many of the planes with supplies for U.S. soldiers leave from the military base you see in the second photo from the top. President Bush and others worry that if the government in Turkey is angry, it might not allow the U.S. to bring military supplies through Turkey. In addition, many of Turkey's citizens are already very angry with the U.S. because of the war. The main photo shows about 100,000 people demonstrating against the war in Turkey's capital, Ankara, just before the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003. How do you think the war in Iraq has affected how people in other countries view Americans? If you were in Congress, would you vote for or against the genocide bill?