Sunday, September 15, 2013
Syria
Link: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/09/10/201750/opposition-fears-russia-deal-means.html#.UjaM08asiSo
Synopsis: So most people know the gist of what is going on in Syria, so I won't do a huge synopsis, but anyway the link above is one of many I visited on this subject. From what they all told me it sounds like Syria, a country in much turmoil politically, used chemical weapons on its civilians. The controversy comes from the debate on whether the US should interfere with this or to just let it go. From what I have gathered, it sounds like we are going to try to take away the chemical weapons rather than make a direct military strike.
If I have gotten any facts incorrect or have missed anything major, PLEASE correct me in the comments. After all, the internet is not always the best place to look for truth.
Man guys, I am sorry this has been such a blah bipolar post, but I am just stuck. I hope that everyone will comment any additional info and perspectives you may have so that I can hopefully develop an informed opinion. Feel free to persuade me below!
Analysis: I guess we just finished up our unit of study on Federalism. I would totally have done something related to that if I could find anything good, but Syria is the only thing that seems to show up when I type 'current events politics' into Google. I will be honest though, I really did not want to do Syria, for many reasons. One of them is the fact that up until now, I knew next to nothing about this topic. I used to watch the news a couple of times per week before school started, but have since been way busy, and haven't had the chance to catch up again until now. The second reason I really did not want to do a report on this topic is because as of now, I really don't know the answer. What I mean by that is, I can totally see both sides, and they both make sense. On the one hand, I am thinking "Well who are we to be the police of the world? It is not like the attack was against us. This is their civil war. Why should we butt in? This is their deal and we shouldn't try and interfere, but just let it run its course." On the other hand, I am also thinking "But people are dying! If we can save them, why wouldn't we? I mean, look what happened when everyone let Hitler alone!" Both points are battling in my head, and I truly can not come up with a side I am on. Now that it seems we are going to control the chemical weapons, rather than intervene, I don't even know how I feel about that. I think it may be smart not to butt in, but one of the comments made in the link made sense too: "it's not acceptable for Assad to hand over his chemical weapons and continue killing us by other means" Man guys, I am sorry this has been such a blah bipolar post, but I am just stuck. I hope that everyone will comment any additional info and perspectives you may have so that I can hopefully let it all stew and eventually develop an informed opinion. Feel free to persuade me below!
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ReplyDeleteI see where your indecision comes from. Each side can be justified enough to make it right. However, it all trickles down to one's personal belief system to pick a side. Personally, I'm convinced that the U.S. needs to back down and not get so involved in the struggles of other nations. The Constitution allows our military force the right to intervene when need be, but it never specifies to what nation this is applicable to. I think the U.S. tries too hard to control every aspect of our country and other countries at the same time. What right do we have to tell other nations how to run their country? If we barge in and solve their problems, what's going to keep them from having more problems? They will never learn how to be an independent government, so chaos will rise once again after we withdraw. If the situation necessitates intervention, I believe then, and only then, should we go in and assist in finding a resolution by guiding them to the answer, instead of us simply answering it for them. That's just my opinion and I hope it made at least a little bit of sense. :)
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