Q: What are the Syrian children facing and how do they feel about the Syrian War? Why doesn’t the U.S. intervene to help the children?
The war in Syria has been happening for over five years and has claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people. The problem began in 2011 in the Syrian city of Deraa. It started off between soldiers who support the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, and a group of rebels who don’t want him in power anymore. The problem with them started with the local people who protested after 15 schoolchildren were arrested and reportedly tortured for writing anti-government graffiti on a wall. Their protests began peacefully all they wanted was the …show more content…
The United States makes it hard for people to get refugee status, so it’s unlikely that many terrorists will make it through. It only takes a handful to launch an attack. And accepting the refugees raises the risk of domestic terrorism, but it is rational to ask if the tradeoff is worth it. The government is aware of the growing risk of terrorism, but the domestic surveillance has increased over the past years, and it would help to put more out there. Not only policemen but a powerful technologically enhanced, multibillion-dollar to watch or even eavesdrop since there isn’t trust. The U.S has enough money to be able to obtain it. We all have to realize the Syrian refugees are the tip of the iceberg and address the reason why they are refugees. Shouldn’t the children feel safe to go out and play like they use to? Knowing that the United States own so much free land and have enough money to help the refugees, there only way out is if the U.S. welcomes them in or have them die of starvation, diseases, bombings, and etc. The other countries have helped as much as they can, why does the U.S. have to make an