The Role of the U.S. in Syria

lockejohn1689

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Korea. Vietnam. Afghanistan. Iran.

The United States of America, while among the strongest military nations in the world, has a history of causing much more harm than good when it enters a conflict that does not directly influence the safety and security of its people.

Although it is quite possible that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on its own citizens, the United States government has not provided its people with any more evidence than “[there is] very little doubt”, as said by a CBS News report quoting a high administrative official in Washington. The fact remains that we have no concrete evidence that enables the blame to be placed on the Syrian government, or anyone else. Until there is evidence, it is unacceptable for the United States to send the nation’s sons and daughters away from their families, into harm’s way.

The citizens of Earth who cannot defend themselves must be protected, but that is the place of the United Nations, not the United States, to decide. If an intervention is denied by the United Nations, then so be it. It is not the place of individual nations to bring their own politics into a foreign area without invitation from the Syrian government.

While it is true that the United Nations is often ineffective in its foreign aid and intervention efforts, it is primarily due to the nations that should be lifting the United Nations. up. When nations like the United States strike off on their own, they make it impossible for the United Nations to be effective. As hard as it may be, if the nations of the world want the United Nations to succeed, they must step back and allow the U.N. to do its job.

If the United Nations is to be effective, The United States of America, as well as the other powers of the world, must allow the United Nations to make its own decision and, no matter what the cost, stand by it as a loyal member of the global community.
 

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