Extra Credit: Thoughts on Syria

Syria has been all over the news lately and until recently, I was pretty ignorant about the topic as well. The issue concerning Syria is all over the news considering the massive corruption in their government. It all started off with peaceful protests from the civilians hoping for change in their ruling. However, the government responded with violent measures by kidnapping, raping, torturing and killing these activists and their family members. Seeing the fault in their bad government, civilians started shooting back leading to a civil war within Syria. Hundreds of innocent people are being killed alongside. The Syrian government is so desperate in winning this fight and regaining their power that they are willing to do whatever it takes; even if it includes the use of chemical weapons. In 1925 the Geneva Convention restrained the use of chemical weapons during war. This was due to the fact that chemical weapons did more harm than actually end war. The consequences of chemical weapons are too strong and harmful for the innocent people who have to endure it. So, when the U.S. heard that Syria has been using chemical weapons, Obama decided to get involved. I understand that Obama wanted to protect the U.S's national security but Syria's battle is not our battle. Interfering with Syria would just lead to harmful risks in the U.S. By upsetting the Syrian government, we may be on the look out for a war of our own. As upsetting as the civil war is, there's nothing we can do to stop it. What's the point of starting a war just to stop an old one?