Who Is Responsible? (All About Syria)

Article Written By Naveeda Nasir (Staff Writer) 

So as of 9/112013, Congress finally voted in favor of President Obama, who said, “Syrian chemical weapons should be under international custody since that is the only solution to keep the world safe”. This all started on Aug 21, 2013, when Syrian President Bashar-al-Assad proposed the idea of handing the Syrian republic to the military control for the amelioration of the country: and when the public refused, he used chemical weapons to threaten them and as the result over 100,000 people died in the attack. According to CNN, when talked about the situation in Syria. A 24 year old student, Muhammad Sami from International University of Syria said “my whole family died due to this attack, even though they had nothing to do with the political affairs of the country. But I’ll not let my other Syrian brothers and sisters die a miserable death, we will fight till the last breath to save Syria and never let it become another Afghanistan. There is no country in the world that has not faced problems but it does not mean they should be destroyed but it means there is a need of peace and unity in the world”. This is not just an ordinary issue, but an international issue as well. It's not only Syrians who are affected, but all people who have their loved ones in the military or navy fighting overseas. Especially when it comes to students, they are most affected because teenagers are the future and the ones responsible for the peace of the world for their future generation.

 To talk about this issue we questioned to a couple of students at Carson High Complex about what do they think is going on in Syria and a Carson High senior Jovan Gonzalez stated “My brother just came back home from Afghanistan after 2 years and he is already been told to report back on duty. He has a 2 years old son who he just met for the first time in two years. But the fact is that it not only the story of my family but thousand of those who have either parents or siblings serving in military”. Jovan also states “We are the future so we need to learn to solve our problems with peace because no one gets anything by flowing blood streams”. AEE biology teacher, Debbie Morris had this to say “No religion in existing world lead us to any kind of destruction. Freedom and peace are the messages conveyed by every religion that supports humanity with it followers and non-followers. So we can not blame religious conflict and global warming for the current global peace situation in the world. But it is also true that some of us who are hungry for more and more and demolishing the world”. But there are certain questions that rise in a Syrian citizen’s as well as other civilians around the world like, who is responsible for the current situation and the killing of thousands of innocent people? Or is the world going to just see Syria being destroyed and removed from the world map/ or some other country like America is going to take over Syria? 

***The Trailblazer staff gives our condolences to the estimated 100,000 dead in Syria due to the usage of Chemical Weapons***