The Bush Administration is hardly the first ally of Turkey that has chosen to publicly remain silent on the reality of the Armenian genocide. As the state secretary of the German Imperial Budget Committee stated while the horror was ongoing:
As much as we lament the lot of the Armenians from a purely human standpoint, we must think first of our sons and brothers who are having to shed their precious blood in the fiercest battles and who are partly dependent on the support of the Turks.
And here’s what Condaleeza Rice had to say:
This is not to ignore what was a really terrible situation, and we recognize the feelings of those who want to express their concern and their disdain for what happened many years ago. But the passage of this resolution at this time would indeed be very problematic for everything that we're trying to do in the Middle East, because we are very dependent on a good Turkish strategic ally to help with our efforts.