As we all know Syria is one of the many nations in the Middle East that has been revolting against its own government. Assad, the President of Syria, has issued harsh curfew, arrested thousands, killed hundreds, and abused his powers to bend the people to his own will. On Friday, Assad issued the killing of 40 civilians who he had considered to be traders. Assad is ruling the country with a mainly Shi'ite presence. (the type of islam most often associatd with terrorism) The country is full of Sunni muslims. Sunni muslims are generally peacful and are almost 100% of the time pacifists. Now Assad has made a statement that if the West were to try to intervene like in Libya, the resuls would be disasterous for all involved.
I believe that Assad may be a little less harsh than Gadafi but he is still a dictator. Assad needs to be delt with accordingly. He should be found and either tried or killed by the people with Western help. We need to show the people of the Middle East that we support their uprisings. The people are not bad in the Middle East the people in power are. They need our help. What are the people going to say in twenty years when they look back at this moment? Will they say look there is the United States, the country who just stood by while we were oppressed and our people were beaten and slaughtered in the streets? The people need our help. Not just the US but all of the West.
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