Armenian Genocide Recognition

       A few days ago the house passed a resolution with an overwhelming majority of 405-11 to acknowledge the existence of the Armenian genocide.  Although this seems like a common sense act for the house, given the general consensus amongst historians. The Turkish government refuses to acknowledge the genocide so the passing of said resolution will anger their nation and harm our relationship with them. With Turkey’s status as an ally of ours within NATO we have long avoided the topic until now, when the house finally acknowledged the Armenian genocide by Turkey.
       By passing said resolution the United States now joins a long list of nations and organizations which acknowledge the genocide of Armenians. The passing of this resolution is important in the sense of fighting genocide and war crimes as a nation, but one of the primary drivers seems to be the recent Turkish attack on Syria, and spite is not a good reason for passing such a resolution. Turkish foreign minister Melvut Cavusoglu started about the resolution  that “[Americans] whose projects were frustrated turn to antiquated resolutions.Circles believing that they will take revenge this way are mistaken.This shameful decision of those exploiting history in politics is null&void for our Government&people.” in a recent tweet of his, which seems to be a fair complaint. (View tweet Here)

       This act is rather unique due to the combination of being morally correct for our nation but hurting our foreign relations with Turkey. Do you believe that the political harm from the resolution outweighs the benefits? Does our current anger at Turkey make this resolution more an attack on their nation than a part of our battle against genocide? Why is acknowledging history so important for our nation? Why do you think 11 people chose to vote against the resolution?