After Syria has been accused of using sarin, a chemical weapon against rebel Syrian citizens on August 21, 2013 that killed 118 including 13 children, many nations such as the United States and their allies, United Kingdom and France, have reacted and prepared for a strike on Syria for breaking the international law that bans chemical warfare. Russia, Iran, and China are standing behind Syria and are willing to provide some form of aid to the targeted country. No action has been taken yet, only because the world has her eyes set on the United States. President Barack Obama has mentioned a possible strike on Syria but declined and referred to a much safer plan as for Congress to vote upon which the U.S. should strike or not. But if Congress decides to approve the strike, we just might see a "Third world war." with the action terrorizing the already war torn Middle East.
What caught my attention was that Russia has already sold and provided 4 billion dollars in weapons to Syria. As we know the cold war between the superpowers Russia (then Soviet Union) and the United States lasted more than forty years (often dated from 1947 to 1991). Since then they have been steady acquaintances. If the U.S. were to strike Syria then it will surely be the straw that breaks the camels back, resulting into the conflict that Russia and the U.S. never had. Also with the involvement of ally forces, so many nations will be involved that it will acheive that World War III status, something that we have been desperatly trying to prevent since the creation of the United Nations. Lastly, this is labeled a civil war in Syria. Not one country offered to jump in and help the Union or the Confederacy in the early 1860s. We should hold off the strike unless Syria interferes with a neighboring country such as the targeted Israel for retaliation.
Until congress meets on September 9 to discuss whether or not we should strike, Syria will be ready to confront any challenge. Who knows, the fate of the world might rest in Congress' hands.\
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/02/opinion/komireddi-syria/index.html?hpt=hp_t4
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