Dbq Essay: The War In Syria
War in Syria DBQ Essay
For 6 years Syria has been at war with itself. In these 5-6 years many people have died. And many towns and cities left and ruined. The beginning of the fifth year of the war half a quarter million people have been killed. And over 10 million have been forced to leave their homes. And it all began with the actions of peaceful protestors. Which has cost the lives of 100,000 people and forced over two million to flee to the relative safety of neighboring countries. This conflict has captured the world’s attention because of the tactics employed by the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad. Unarmed civilians were attacked and killed by government troops as they searched for the most effective and seemingly brutal method for quelling this uprising. Now there are some US politicians, who feel that it is the duty of our country to get involved militarily, but this with two wars already fought the past ten years, there seems to be little to no public support for this type of move. The United States is not the world’s policeman and should let countries solve their own problems.
The problems in Syria began in 2011 …show more content…
as a peaceful protest but quickly rose into an armed civil conflict which has cost the lives of 100,000 people and forced over two million to flee to the relative safety of neighboring countries. This conflict has captured the world’s attention because of the tactics employed by the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad. Unarmed civilians were attacked and killed by government troops as they searched for the most effective and seemingly brutal method for quelling this uprising. Now there are some US politicians, who feel that it is the duty of our country to get involved militarily, but this with two wars already fought the past ten years, there seems to be little to no public support for this type of move. The United States shouldn't have to deal with another.
The conflict in Syria actually began as a response to the government’s very harsh and public punishment of some youths who were arrested for placing anti government graffiti on buildings. The punishments were seen as unjust and many took to the streets in protest. At that time, Egypt had just recently gone through a similar uprising and through the power of social media, toppled their government and established a democracy. The Syrian leadership wanted nothing like this to take place so they hit the protesters hard and violently. The hope was to squash any resistance to the government and consolidate their power. At first the protesters just wanted democracy and of course the resignation of Bashar al-Assad, when these demands were met with brutality and murder, and the president promised change if the protests ended. However the protesters didn’t believe him so they continued to fight on.
In the new year, 2013 the death toll had exceeded the 60,000 still increasing and over 30,000 have been reported missing.
This has led many syrians to to emigrate to neighboring countries, mainly turkey, which causes many problems. Many more imprisoned for encountering a lot of violence. Assad started a policy that killed thousands. Which started the uprising of more small militias starting to become in the war. Which forces more deaths. And more
Syria is embroiled in a civil conflict that is tearing the country apart and the use of chemical weapons has made the US, France and Great Britain as well as the United Nations take issue with Syria. With the US occupied to its limit militarily there is little chance that an armed foreign intervention will take place. The status quo government stays in power and the rebels fight for
democracy
For 6 years Syria has been at war with itself. In these 5-6 years many people have died. And many towns and cities left and ruined. The beginning of the fifth year of the war half a quarter million people have been killed. And over 10 million have been forced to leave their homes. And it all began with the actions of peaceful protestors. Which has cost the lives of 100,000 people and forced over two million to flee to the relative safety of neighboring countries. This conflict has captured the world’s attention because of the tactics employed by the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad. Unarmed civilians were attacked and killed by government troops as they searched for the most effective and seemingly brutal method for quelling this uprising. Now there are some US politicians, who feel that it is the duty of our country to get involved militarily, but this with two wars already fought the past ten years, there seems to be little to no public support for this type of move. The United States is not the world’s policeman and should let countries solve their own problems.
The problems in Syria began in 2011 …show more content…
as a peaceful protest but quickly rose into an armed civil conflict which has cost the lives of 100,000 people and forced over two million to flee to the relative safety of neighboring countries. This conflict has captured the world’s attention because of the tactics employed by the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad. Unarmed civilians were attacked and killed by government troops as they searched for the most effective and seemingly brutal method for quelling this uprising. Now there are some US politicians, who feel that it is the duty of our country to get involved militarily, but this with two wars already fought the past ten years, there seems to be little to no public support for this type of move. The United States shouldn't have to deal with another.
The conflict in Syria actually began as a response to the government’s very harsh and public punishment of some youths who were arrested for placing anti government graffiti on buildings. The punishments were seen as unjust and many took to the streets in protest. At that time, Egypt had just recently gone through a similar uprising and through the power of social media, toppled their government and established a democracy. The Syrian leadership wanted nothing like this to take place so they hit the protesters hard and violently. The hope was to squash any resistance to the government and consolidate their power. At first the protesters just wanted democracy and of course the resignation of Bashar al-Assad, when these demands were met with brutality and murder, and the president promised change if the protests ended. However the protesters didn’t believe him so they continued to fight on.
In the new year, 2013 the death toll had exceeded the 60,000 still increasing and over 30,000 have been reported missing.
This has led many syrians to to emigrate to neighboring countries, mainly turkey, which causes many problems. Many more imprisoned for encountering a lot of violence. Assad started a policy that killed thousands. Which started the uprising of more small militias starting to become in the war. Which forces more deaths. And more
Syria is embroiled in a civil conflict that is tearing the country apart and the use of chemical weapons has made the US, France and Great Britain as well as the United Nations take issue with Syria. With the US occupied to its limit militarily there is little chance that an armed foreign intervention will take place. The status quo government stays in power and the rebels fight for
democracy