Armenian Genocide

I had a conversation in Skypeland with a man from Bulgaria who lives part of the year in Turkey. I said that the modern world was incredible, and the internet was amazing, since one had so much information and news available from all around the world. He disagreed a bit, since he said that when he visited the US he talked to an American that did not know where Bulgaria is. I said this was probably because Americans no longer study geography in school, but I did not tell him the truth. The truth is, Bulgaria is not a particularly important country and it is unlikely that most Americans would pay much attention to it, even if they studied geography in school.

Then I asked him about the "Armenian Genocide", and he gave me an "interesting" interpretation. He said that the Ottoman Empire included many subgroups, and the Armenians were causing trouble. They were told that if they continued to cause trouble, they would be relocated to an area near the Syrian border. They continued to cause trouble, so the Ottomans moved them. While the Armenians were moving to the Syrian border area, a flu broke out and many Armenians died. And that was the Armenian Genocide. Hmm...