I'm really scarred to think about how many people Hitler would have killed if he lived today, because it seems like the international community doesn't care anymore about genocide. All they care about is making sure they don't offend anyone. But in Syria, it is a full-blown genocide, and it gets worse and worse everyday. And all the talk in the international community about punishing Syria, has been nothing more than just talk. Caught up in the wave of the Arab Springs, Syria's people are anxious to get rid of their tyrant of a leader, President Bashir-Al Asad, but he has no desires to leave and has cracked down hard on anyone who opposes him. He's already killed THOUSANDS of his own people, all the while telling the world that he's just trying to 'cleanse' his country of terrorists and such. But the world knows it's simply his lust of power that he's unwilling to give up. Even the Arab Leagues has disavowed Syria, but Syria still continues to kill dozens of its people everyday...and the world just keeps watching.
If the U.N. doesn't get its game face on and start intervening in Syria (with military action if necessary - and it sure looks like that's the only option left), then the killing will continue. I guess if the world is okay with watching people die that want freedom, then we should just keep doing what we're doing right now (which is nothing). But if the world has any good, decent, caring people left, who are willing to do something hard because it's right, then the U.N. should step up and actually live it's creed of promoting peace.
My Research Questions:
Why has the world not intervened with force? What more must happen before they do?
What would it take to stop Syria? How big of a military force?
Are there any legitament options left besides military action? If so, what are they, and how does the U.N. do them?
If President Bashir-Al Asad left power, would that solve all the problems? Would there still be civil unrest (as there has been in the other countries that have experienced the Arab Spring)?
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