Grandstanding for the sake of political expediency

There is a fascinating article on the Middle East Forum website, which can also be found here: http://www.meforum.org/article/1765. The piece, in short, argues that the rush by Congress to condemn the Ottoman genocide against the Armenians was ill-advised and motivated purely by partisan politics, and that it furthermore has left the United States in an even more vulnerable position strategically, especially insofar as a key NATO ally, Turkey, is concerned.

Let's get one thing out of the way first: From all that I have read, I do believe that the term "genocide" can be fairly applied to what the Ottomans did to the Armenians in 1915. Having said, that I also have to agree with the central premise of the MEF article to which I linked above. What possible political purpose does this declaration achieve? In a worst case scenario, it could potentially result in Turkish and American troops taking up arms against each other in northern Iraq (in Iraqi Kurdistan, as the Turks seek to root out Kurdish rebels who are crossing the Turkish-Iraqi border. One thing that has held the Turks back is a desire to avoid directly confronting the United States. That reticence might not be present any longer.