The Armenian Genocide never happened!

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Why I don't consider the Armenian Genocide, a genocide.

> The Ottomans sided with the Germans, German defeat left the Ottomans in shambles.
> Allies conspired to use the nationalist tendencies within the Ottoman Empire to destroy it.
> Under Sevres, the Turkish people would have no nation, Anatolia would be colonized by Europe.
> Christian minorities of the Ottoman Empire, were encourage to rebel, and were given support to do so.
> Assertion that Armenians were unarmed is a joke.
> Armenians joined with the Russian forces, and grouped into guerrilla bands.
> They attacked the Turkish Army in the rear, even before the Russo-Armenian forces arrived, they succeeded in capturing Van, massacred its entire Muslim population, razed the entire city.
> They then proceeded to “soften up” the area, and in the process killed thousands of Turks and Kurds. There was a massive flow of refugees into Central Anatolia, who survived under extremely harsh conditions.
> The Army was being attacked by Russo-Armenian forces in the North and Armenian guerrillas in the South.
> Armenian communities who appeared uninvolved in the fighting, in fact were providing food, shelter and new recruits to the guerrillas.
> Ottomans decided to relocate the Armenian communities to Syria, Lebanon and Iraq
> Ottoman soldiers were ordered to escort the Armenians and protect them from any vigilantes.
> Most Armenian casualties occurred in regions where Ottoman control was the weakest. Many Turks and Muslims also died from the same causes, which was disease.
> The onset of the Russian Revolution forced the retreat of the Russo-Armenian forces to what is currently Armenia.
> During this retreat, many atrocities were committed against Turks and Kurds, including the burning of mosques full of women.

Thus, there was neither any planned execution of Armenians, nor such an intention. Even the Clinton Administration continues to back the Turkish people on this issue.