Syria has recently used chemical weapons against their own people, killing over 1,400 children, women, men, and grandparents in the attack. They used some sort of gas, called sarin gas. The effect of this weapon is poisoning the person internally, it penetrates the body's nerves and then shuts down the nervous system. From what the US has heard, they attacked a group of rebellions who were turning against the Syrian government. However at this moment, Syria has claimed to not have ordered the "sarin gas attack" against their people, stating that we have no reason to take any aggression towards their country.
Obama went to Congress, even though their recess isn't fully over until September 9th, to gain their support on whether the US should take military action from this uprising. Many came back for this closed door meeting to have input in this matter. From what I understand has happened, they believe the US should not have to go into war alone, if we were to got to war at all. They're votes are split but Obama is still pushing for military action to proceed. Presently, the British Parliament has denied to take part in any military action, but the French is supporting the United States' efforts..
On the other hand, Russia and China are both supporting Syria. Russia has stated that the US has no evidence of chemical offense from Syrian government against their people. While China adds that the "Western powers" (US) is not taking the time to investigate the whole truth about who has used chemical weapons in Syria. They are against the United States taking actions against Syria when the full story has yet been unfolded.
From my perspective, it does seem as though the US is jumping to conclusions as to who used the chemical gas, since both the citizens and government has blamed each other for the open use of chemical weaponry. However, it seems quit unreasonable that the citizens would be able to get in touch with so much gas, let alone use it against their own people of all ages. But keeping an open mind to all situations, it's interesting to think that they might have done it intentionally, and if so why? A theory i came up with was a set up against the government knowingly the world would react in military defense. But this theory of mine seems really unreasonable.
Ashley Barnes, 2nd Period
ReplyDeleteI think that the government should further investigate this situation, but also not ignore it. The issue seems serious enough to deal with, however not fully understanding what is going on and then involving the military would be unfair to Syria. It would be unjust, even if overall Syria ended up being completely guilty.