America's Three Bad Options in SyriaName of the Newspaper Source New York Times date of publication April 10, 2018 Name of article America's Three Bad Options in Syria Author of article Max Fisher Who is the article about, or who is the event about? (3 sentences) Recently there was a Chemical Bombing in Syria where the Syria government bombed their own people The Article is based on Syria. It talks about Chemical weapons are suspected to be found and being used in Syria. American's in Washington, responded with calls to do something against this. That means that punitive air strikes are once again in the picture for a weapon against the Syrian government. Summarize in your own words the current event. I honestly think this is a major issue in any way considering we are not in good terms with the Syria government. Something so dangerous could totally cause the direction of the war and head into a more destructive direction. War is already bad enough and once we start pulling out the "bigger guns" it is going to get worst and worst from there. This result can leave to millions of lives lost and many destroyed. In the article their many possibilities or the "options" that this can happen. This came up a while back while Mr. Obama was still president and one of his ideas was to make the war costlier for Mr. Assad. He would then proceed to arm government rebels, to pressure the Syrian leader into surrendering to American demands. Although there are problems with that plan because Mr. Assad's has Russia and Iranian on they side as allies. Where did this event happen? This event is happening mostly in Syria while the planning is going on elsewhere. Even though it has been a problem for years it is just now getting noticed and taking action. When did this event happen? The Chemical bombing happened in Dourma, a suburb of Damascus, on a Sunday, April 2018. Chemical control and solutions to it have been being discussed around 2013 (when another chemical bombing happened) for solutions to solve this problem. Why did this event happen? This event is happening because of the battle going on between countries. This has been brought up many times and should be finally discussed in a serious manner its main goal to bring an end or a roadblock to this problem. This event happened because of Syrian government had confirmed an air strike for their Ally's (Russia) to their rebel depot full of chemical munitions. This causing the chemicals to go off Syria's civilians in the suburbs this took place. A 14-year-old resident who was awake for the events told the New York Times that she saw the aircraft dropping a bomb into a one storey building which caused the explosion. Some people claim that bombs were dropped with chemicals inside of them. Many civilians required intensive care directly from the streets. Victims experienced defects including red eyes, foaming at the mouth. blue facial skin and many more. This event was truly terrible and was a bad move from the Syrian government. What is your opinion about this event? My opinion is that this needs to be dealt with an appropriate matter, and find a way to not cause any more damage than what has already happened. There are civilians at stake and we cant just bomb them and get it over with. There needs to be a more reliable method that can make it at least harder for these things to happen furthermore. Current Event Article Link www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/world/middleeast/syria-us-chemical-weapons.html I will comment on Maxin M, Link: maxinm2020.weebly.com/english-blog Mariah P, Link: mperez2020.weebly.com/current-events
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Mariah Perez
4/13/2018 08:35:20 pm
This is hard topic to write about, I did a project about Syria in Freshman year. It's heartbreaking and how these countries are handling it! But it might be the best they can do, I have no idea in how to calm down this rage. I agree with that we need to take in subject of civilians and how they are caught in between these wars. Great blog, Colin!
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Maxin M
4/13/2018 10:58:10 pm
I agree that this entire event needs to be handled appropriately, but when Syria is Pinched between themselves,france,and the UK. What really is appropriate. I mean I agree with the fact these attacks shouldn't have been executed, and I feel terribly for the innocent civilians who have either lost their lives, or have to live in fear of losing them at any time. But what steps could have been taken to prevent this.
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