This Arabic nation is located west of Asia bordering Lebanon
and the Mediterranean Sea in the East, Turkey in the South, Iraq in the west
and Jordan in the North. Syria is one of the oldest countries that date back to
the Paleolithic era. The biggest dynasties
in the history of the world longed for the exotic land of Syria and have fought
to preserve this land as part of their empire; from the Byzantine Empire to the
Ottoman Turks.
Syria became an independent nation following the end of the
French rule in 1946. Post-independence period for Syria wasn't quite ideal.
Syria joined the Arab-Israel war in 1948 opposing the recognition of Israel as
an independent state. In the midst of a grave
economic and political uproar, the Baath Party led by Hafeez Al-Assad held
power in 1970. Hafeez Al-Assad exercised an unpopular authoritarian rule till his death in 2000. Following his death in 2000, his son Bashar
Al-Assad took over. A year in to power, the Syrian Civil War breaks out as the
people of Syria resiliently demand political freedom. The
“irresistible zest” of power urges yet another man to act inhuman. The civil
war only remained world news as thousands of people lose their lives. Mr.
Bashar Al-Assad then decides to use chemical weapons; and all of a sudden the
dragons roar.
Against Al-Asaad
President Barack Obama, as much
as I idolize you and commend several of your foreign and domestic polices and
reforms, I am not with you on this one.
I am skeptical of the intentions of your proposal to conduct a “minor”
attack on Syria in pretext of despising the use of chemical weapons. On behalf
of every rational being I ask, “Why now?” Is it just the mere use of chemical weapon
you despise, or is it the deaths of thousands of people as a result of the use
of chemical weapons you despise? If it is the latter, the intervention would
have been noble if it had spared the lives of the hundreds and thousands of
civilians lost prior to the whole chemical weapon fiasco. I have tuned in for
the congressional hearings and speeches, and yet still
not convinced with the need for war at this point. I understand that as the
world’s primary watchdog, the US indeed needs to involve in grave world issues
as such; nonetheless, I am not quite a fond of the inconsistent schemes used in
approaching these issues. What if it was a much less strategically imperative
nation that was the victim of a vicious chemical weapon attack, would the US
stay firm with this ground?
For Al-Asaad
During the late cold war, while the Soviet Union was still
on the quest of expanding communism, and while Syria was merged in the Arab-Israel war and on the quest of finding an ally, a pact was signed. The pact was about the Soviet Union securing communist
influence in Syria in exchange for planes, tanks and other military equipments
for Syria. This pact was potent enough to cloud the ability of Russia to
realize Mr. Al-Assad’s actions today and refuse to stand against him. Oh! Where
humanity at?
I think I have said too much!
Whether it is a question of reserving the long lived family sovereignty
or the ultimate fear of losing power we shall never know. But I know that… if Mr. Al-Assad and his family tells us, they are going to have to kill us.
All humors aside I wish to see the end of it all.
