Rhetorical Analysis

President to warrant military action; as were the many thousands of civilians killed over the past years in the Syrian civil war between government forces, ISIS, and various other sectarian groups vying for power in that country, including some backed heavily by the Iranian regime, and others enjoying support from

For years civilians have died at the hands of a cruel and what seems to be an unending war. Every day hundreds are killed by bombs, air strikes, or guns and survival has become their only concern. The conflict in the Middle East started to become worse during the Arab Spring when civilians in many countries started to rebel against their governments, ultimately leading to the formation of rebel groups. Groups such as ISIS emerged, resulting in chaos in the Middle East and everything changed. Since the United States is a world power, it felt the need to intervene and 9/11 only increased the need to. The United States started to increase airstrikes, bombings, and the amount of

Syrian jets bombed a marketplace in Douma, Syria, killing more than 100 people in August of 2015 (Robins-Early 5). This was an attack that occurred in the midst of the Syrian civil war, a war between the government (President Bashar al-Assad), and rebel civilians. The current civil war revolves around a conflict regarding the balance of power within the country, while an immense number of innocent civilians are being caught in the center of the violence and instability that the brutal war is causing. Over 4 million people have left the country as refugees, while some are unable to escape to horrific violence (Robins-Early 1). Amongst those who are stuck within the country, children are quitting school to make money to support their families, as their parents die in the midst of the war. Innocent people- citizens of the region- are being infected by diseases that have been eradicated for a decade and a half. The Syrian civil war has caused much violence and instability to increase amongst the citizens of the war-torn country, as seen through the loss of education and childhood that the children must face, along with the disease epidemics that the entire population must face.

Two month old babies gasp for air, while tears run down their faces from the mustard gas that was used on the Syrian citizens. Reports and videos have shown shells falling from helicopters containing chemical weapons, but only the Syrian government has access to helicopters. The United States has to step in and fight to protect the Syrian people against their own government because chemical weapons have been banned from being used worldwide, chemical weapons cause casualties that are not needed, and if higher powered nations like the U.S. do not intervene in Syria’s use of chemical weapons, more nations will see it as an opportunity to use chemical weapons in the future.

United states president, Donald Trump, launched a major missile attack against the Assad government earlier this week. Launching a number of tomahawk missiles in to an Assad/Syrian government run airbase. This was in response to the chemical attack, reportedly ordered by Adssad. Killing 80 civilians and injuring many more. Among the dead were numbers of children and innocent people. There are two sides/opinions about Trumps response, some say that it was over the top and not needed, while others praise Trump, calling it his best military decision since taking office.

Recently, there has been a political problem with the government of Syria. The Syrian Government released toxic chemical bombs into a rebel-captured town last week affecting innocent civilians living in the town. President Donald Trump

In early 2012, United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has requested American humanitarian military intervention be put into place in Syria. The nation has been proven to be aiding Al Qaeda, a group with an unseemly amount of power. The Syrian government has received money from Al Qaeda and has in return supplied them with provisions and protection, thwarting the American aim of tracking down members of the

Donald Trump, who is known for being outspoken, has an idea. He wants to end ISIS forcefully. ISIS and Assad are mortal enemies so Trump wants us to let ISIS go fight Assad and then we come in and “pick up the remnants”. In other words, Trump wants us to lay off of ISIS and Syria for a while, let ISIS destroy Assad, and then we come in when that is all done to finish ISIS. Trump says “Look, with ISIS in Iraq, you got to knock them out. You got to knock them out. You got to fight them, and add boots on the ground if needed.” Trump also thinks we should have a strong military so nobody will mess with us. The problem with Trump’s plan is that ISIS wants to take over the world. They are so barbaric and controlling they are only going to expand and gain more power if we keep putting them off. At first President Obama thought that airstrikes on the main cities of Iraq would be enough, but now he has sent in special forces on land as of December 1st, 2015. Obama authorized airstrikes over Syria and told the nation he would send an additional 475 troops to Iraq in a non-combat role (Wescott). Sending troops over to Iraq and Syria for a declared war is basically making a decade long commitment to war and thousands of dead American soldiers. The US has also sent airstrikes to Libya last year taking out Libya's previous leader, Abu Nabil. Increase of control in Libya is likely to increase the level of international and

The United States’ involvement in the Syrian Civil War and its willingness to accept Syrian refugees is subject to both domestic and foreign contention. Americans have become increasingly critical of the invasion of Iraq following the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and as a result, many are apprehensive in supporting another intervention in a Middle Eastern country during the middle of a violent uprising. The use of airstrikes keeps costs minimal while still dealing significant damage to Assad and anti-American militant groups in the form of destroyed infrastructure and supplies. Airstrikes also keep American troops off the ground, further minimizing costs and preventing immense loss of life. Providing arms to pro-American,

Inspired by the Arab Spring, revolution was on the horizon in Syria. Fed up with the government control, rebels have rallied against the government. In nearly five years of armed conflict the civil war in Syria has claimed nearly 470,000 lives: 400,000 through direct violence and an additional 70,000 as an indirect result of the war. A governmental regime which uses terrorists tactics is one that should be looked at as a threat. The president of Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, has carried out a siege against his own civilians in Aleppo trapping them from the rest of the world. Depriving nearly 250,000 people of food, water, and supplies while bombing them on a daily basis is simply inhumane (UN News Centre). The government has gone to the point of using chemical weapons on their own civilians, killing many men, women, and children. The bloodbath is more than just those who support the Ba’ath Party Government and those who want a revolution, but includes many groups and world powers. Although they

President Donald Trump took action on April 6, 2017 at 8:40 p.m. in response to a chemical weapon attack in Syria. President Donald Trump said, “North Korea is a problem. The problem will be taken care of.” “On President Trump’s orders, US warships launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the airbase that was home to the warplanes that carried out the chemical attacks” (Starr.) This was an example that happened most recent to why we use nuclear weapons and when we choose to use them. Having to use nuclear weapons is not always the answer and the military don’t always use them. However, when the President orders them too then they will. According to most military men and women, “That was one of the best nights of my life hearing President Trump launch missiles at Syria. It was time for something to be done.” Cadet Matthews, a reserve solider in the US Army, spoke out. When something as bad as a chemical attack happens, something needs to be done about it there is no time to

Berger, a national security advisor for President Clinton, is quoted in the article as saying “it is going to be a long term-proposition” (qtd in Lander and Weisman). The U.S. does not have a powerful ally or any kind of ally that can help them in Syria, which is essential towards combating ISIS in an unstable region. The other problem is that no one in Syria considers ISIS to be a threat and focuses their energy on their civil war while the United States considers ISIS to be a threat (Marcus). By considering how this would be a long term proposition, Berger is taking the facts from the strikes in Iraq and the Syrian people and realizing if we get involved, it's going to be long and costly proposition with the chance of boots on the

On April 6th, 2017 President Donald Trump ordered a missile strike against Syria’s Shayrat Air Force base for the use of chemical weapons by President Bashar Al-Assad on his own people. The Syrian civil war started in Spring of 2011 with the violent crackdown by the Syrian government. During the time from then, there have been multiple violent radical groups formed and the crisis has been called one of the worst humanitarian crisis of our time. About half of the Syrian population has been either killed or displaced from their homes. In 2013, President Bashar al-Assad was accused of using chemical weapons against his own people and it seems as if that has happened again. Viewing the strike under John Rawls’s Law of People’s “non-ideal theory,”

The war in Syria has resulted in thousands of people dying. The Assad regime has determined to use chemical weapons, a source of suffering since they were