The War in Syria, The Syrian Conflict
The Syrian conflict, for or against?
Prior to beginning this assignment, I must admit that Syria was not one of my priorities, nor had I given thought to which direction our government should take in its dealings with them. However, after much “educating of myself” on the conflict, I definitely have personal views on the course of action as well as the problems behind the situation. It is most certainly my opinion that the U.S. should simply stay completely and fully out of any course of action within or about the Syrian conflict. It is also my opinion that these internal struggles are being aided by outside influences that date back hundreds, if not thousands of years. One might assert that we as a country have a moral obligation to help protect the innocent of the world. I would say that while we should not condone or be a party to the killing of the innocent, as a country the U.S. cannot and does not control the rest of the world. Thus, those countries have their own obligation to do the right thing. It is not for the U.S. to try to force the rest of the world to do what we want. The U.S. is and should be responsible to make sure we are eliminating all of the inhumanity within our own control. Our government also has a responsibility to its own people by not putting their own innocent (our military personnel) at risk and in harm’s way. To that end, there is no scenario, short of the U.S. being fired upon; in which our military should be involved in the Syrian conflict. In addition to the obvious problems associated with a U.S. strike of any kind (death of U.S. citizens, cost of military aid, etc.) there is a problem with the possible outcomes should the U.S. take action for either side of the conflict. First, the rebels are being greatly aided by religious and political sects who are completely anti-American and would love to mount military strikes on the U.S. if they were only able to do so. And second, the current government regime has
Prior to beginning this assignment, I must admit that Syria was not one of my priorities, nor had I given thought to which direction our government should take in its dealings with them. However, after much “educating of myself” on the conflict, I definitely have personal views on the course of action as well as the problems behind the situation. It is most certainly my opinion that the U.S. should simply stay completely and fully out of any course of action within or about the Syrian conflict. It is also my opinion that these internal struggles are being aided by outside influences that date back hundreds, if not thousands of years. One might assert that we as a country have a moral obligation to help protect the innocent of the world. I would say that while we should not condone or be a party to the killing of the innocent, as a country the U.S. cannot and does not control the rest of the world. Thus, those countries have their own obligation to do the right thing. It is not for the U.S. to try to force the rest of the world to do what we want. The U.S. is and should be responsible to make sure we are eliminating all of the inhumanity within our own control. Our government also has a responsibility to its own people by not putting their own innocent (our military personnel) at risk and in harm’s way. To that end, there is no scenario, short of the U.S. being fired upon; in which our military should be involved in the Syrian conflict. In addition to the obvious problems associated with a U.S. strike of any kind (death of U.S. citizens, cost of military aid, etc.) there is a problem with the possible outcomes should the U.S. take action for either side of the conflict. First, the rebels are being greatly aided by religious and political sects who are completely anti-American and would love to mount military strikes on the U.S. if they were only able to do so. And second, the current government regime has