Informative Speech On The Syrian Crisis '

“The community’s blunt outrage over the children’s arrests and mistreatment, the government’s humiliating and violent reactions to their worries and the people’s refusal to be cowed by security forces embolden and helped spread the Syrian opposition.” This notion demonstrates that the killing of the four protestors was only the first of many deaths to occur continuing into an on-going war that has: “…triggered nationwide protests demanding President Assad’s resignation.” Because of this, the Syrian government decided that in order to handle the issue they must crush this nationwide dissent. This in return only allowed the protestors to push harder for a change within the country of Syria, in hopes of it becoming the wonderful country that it was in the years prior to the war. “Syria’s conflict has devolved from peaceful protests against the government in 2011 to a violent insurgency that has drawn in numerous other countries.” “With neither side able to inflict a decisive defeat on the other, the international community long ago concluded that only a political solution could end the conflict in Syria.”

65). Syrian’s that are stuck in refugee camps or still living in Syria are fighting for the freedom from authority that they did not agree to, the war has killed over 220,000 people and displaced half of the country’s population (GIlsinan, 2015). The states thus far have responded to the many facets of this crisis with very realist approaches via military action. Realists will tend to prioritize power and place it above and separate from morality and ideology, basing their arguments on tradition and focusing on the power to be gained or lost in the situation (Goldstien, 56). Are force and fraud the most reasonable types of action (Suth, Elias 2007), where is the morality; “More than a third of Americans want to ban Muslims from entering the United states” (Hayoun 2015, The independent). It appears that realism is winning the war against idealism in the US - realism is pessimistic and cynical towards life and human nature, thus there is no hope for a good end of human kind (Najob, Hamed, Gandomikal 2015). One possible motivation of the American people to adopt this very pessimistic and realist way of looking at the crisis and the Muslim population as a whole, is they might assume that liberalist approaches, with its theories in moral reasoning, may

I am writing to you today as a student at the College of William and Mary. I am in an International Security class and recently we studied the events occurring in Syria. As you are well aware, the situation in Syria has been dramatically deteriorating in recent months with the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the recent entrance of Russia into the conflict. Syria, meanwhile, has been in the midst of a ravaging civil war since the early spring of 2011. Currently, the government of Syria is led by President Bashar al-Assad, a member of the Syrian Ba’ath Party, a branch of the same Ba’ath Party that Saddam Hussein was also a member of. This similarity may lead some to think that Syria will end up like Iraq, with a

Syria has been in war for four years. The rebels versus the president, Bashar al-Assad, and his loyal troops. But in 2016, the war has worsened. One of Syria’s major cities, Aleppo, has been getting bombed relentlessly by Russia. Innocent people die everyday. Children are left hurt and parentless. People that survive unscathed try to flee the city, only to find they cannot. They are prisoners in the city they once loved.

Topic to be discussed today are factors that forced the Syrians to leave their native land as well as where do they go for shelter.

The Persian Gulf, the critical oil and gas –producing region that we fought so many wars to try and protect our economy from the adverse impact of losing that supply or having it available only at a very high cost. (John Bolton, George w. Bush’s ambassador to the United Nations) (Gibson,2014) It is essentially true that Syria is a country with abundant natural resources. This can be illustrated by the comment mentioned above that America has always taken a keen interest to the Middle East to reap the benefit of huge oil and gas industry. Since Syria is the second largest oil producer after Iraq, a huge political economy worked behind America’s decision to wage war on Syria, which left a disastrous impact on overall development of Syria. America’s foreign policy focuses predominantly on interest- seeking for them even at the expense of the entire world. President Barack Obama’s secretary once said ”US foreign policy is not driven by actually what people want, but by what is best for America”(Gibson,2014) Syria with all its natural resources could have been one of the leading economies in the world, but due to interest seeking so called super powers of the world they are experiencing a painful nightmare that their country has ever seen before. Nearly all major cities coupled with their all infrastructures have been demolished. Hundreds and thousands of people fled the country

When I was 1 year old, my mother left Iraq with my father and my younger brother. My mother ended up divorcing. My mother struggled because she was a single mother, and she did not have anyone to support her. The reason why my mom decided to leave Iraq is because there was war in Iraq and my mother is very protective of me and my brother. I never lived in Iraq, however, I have enough knowledge today to be telling you about Iraq.

That’s the hour’s thesis, and it’s a persuasively skeptical, even disastrous one. The film uses the latest history of Syria to make its points and present all the facts regarding the war that started in Syria and later turned into a dirty politics that ruined the future of Syrians, starting with the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings and rioting followed by Assad’s brutal attacks on citizens in his country protesting for improved treatment. In the uprisings many violent events occurred and resulted in deaths of many people. The country suffered and reported many deaths and news of atrocious oppression spread, the documentary shifts to the United States of America, where state’s President Barack Obama was weighing ethical and political choices. This

The Syrian Civil war has its foundation rooted in civil protest, against the current government led by President Bashar al-Assad.

The people of Syria are being killed by bombs, chemical weapons, starvation and dehydration (“What’s Happening”). The U.S has donated 4.5 billion dollars in aid since the conflict has begun (Long), but merely providing money does not suffice for proper aid. Syrian people's homes and livelihoods have become diminished into nothing but rubble. One million people have applied for asylum in Europe; however, the United States must rise up and offer resettlement opportunities to this war-torn community, as well. The benefits reaped from opening borders to Syrian borders are not just limited to maintaining America’s core purpose of freedom and opportunity for all, but they also extend to fulfilling economic and strategic interests.

The war in Syria is a tangled mess. As the years have passed by the violence level in Syria has become a nightmare. There have been great debates in whether the United States should intervene in the Syrian conflict or whether they should stay out. If the US did intervene, the goal of US foreign policy with Syria is to end violence by bringing down the Assad regime and lay a new democratic system as replacement for the prior government. The new system of government will also include protection for the Kurdish, Alawite, and Christian minorities. This is large goal that the US has set in place, however, if accomplished it will impact the world. The path that the Syrian war has taken has not been in favor with the US goal and the likely hood

When this article was published, the horrific (and very publicized) Syrian chemical attack of August 2013 against the city of Ghouta, Syria had not yet occurred. However, even preceding this attack, Bill Keller argued that the situation in Syria is fundamentally different from the circumstances surrounding the US instigation of the war in Iraq. He claimed that unlike in Iraq, Syria already had a full fledged conflict that had erupted, and that to preserve US interests, it was necessary to for the United States to intervene militarily.

As seen on television, Syria is in disarray and in the midst of a deadly conflict. This conflict did not appear out of nowhere. In fact, this Syrian Civil war is the result of a variety of historic and contemporary factors. In the middle of a grosme civil war, Syria is experiencing consistent intervention by world powers like the United States of America and Russia, a variety of human rights abuses and the ever growing threat of islamic extremist in the region. Too many political scientist and historians Due to foreign intervention, a political power vacuum, religious strafe and the Arab Spring it isn't surprising to political scientist and historians that all of these factors have contributed

“What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes” (CITE CITE CITE). Syrian people have lost their freedom, and have been living in fear since the Syrian Civil War broke out in 2011. The horrific civil war has been going on for years. There was a rebellion against the Syrian government six years ago starting the civil war. Ever since then innocent civilians have been hurting and suffering. Syrian people have been drug away from their homes and are living in anguish. The controversy on how the United States should help Syrian people has formed over the years. The media has started to cover the Syrian civil war more, and it has shown the world how much Syrian people are hurting. Americans have started to realize that these people need help, but the question of how to help is still under discussion. Some people believe that America should use organizations to donate money and supplies to the people in need. They believe that with the help of money and food that the people will be okay. Other people believe that America should send in U.S troops to help end the fighting.

In this paper, I will explain South Africa’s foreign policy and national security concerns over the ongoing conflict in Syria. In order to understand how Syria developed into its current state, I will then provide an overview of the history of the country. The history will begin at the end of World War I after the fall of the Ottoman Empire and will then continue through French control and the subsequent uprising. It will then proceed on to World War II, the founding of the Baath Party, and the joining of the United Arab Republic. As the overview approaches the 21st century, I will briefly cover the rise of Assad, the war with Israel, and the uprising in Hama. Lastly, I will cover the Assad succession, tensions with the United States, and on through the nationwide uprising of 2011. In the next section of this paper, I will cover South Africa’s foreign policy concerns with Syria including statements they have made and their general feelings and opinions of the ongoing situation. Next, I will elaborate on South Africa’s foreign policies regarding Syria. This section will include what intervention they advocate, their policies on refugees, and their overall belief of what should be done about the conflict. Finally, the paper will draw to a close with a conclusion concerning what should be done about the conflict in Syria.