Syria: Uncivil War

In this blog I will be addressing pressing matters occurring in the Middle East as well as Arab-African nations. This post specifically will be in regards to the Syrian civil war that emerged in early 2011 following the Arab Spring. Each installment of "The Headliner" will be focusing on the political/military situation of individual nations respectively. Though each of these nations differ immensely from one another they all are bound together through a single issue; that issue is simply freedom. Something we all have taken for granted in one way or another.

Century upon century of political and social hardships have left the Middle East in a vulnerable transitional state of political renewal. This vast adoption of democracy is commonly known as the Arab Spring. Arising in December 2010 with the revolution in Tunisia known as the Jasmine Revolution laying a critical foundation for political revolution. Marking the start of a decade riddled with turmoil Tunisia's revolution inspired many other Arabic countries throughout 2011. With the first step taken by Tunisia's people Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Syria all followed valiantly towards deliverance. The tolerance for oppressive governments was at a breaking point for the Middle East triggering a regional surge of insurgent rebellions and unfortunately opening a window for extremists groups such as the so called Islamic State to bully their way into the conflict. Syria has found itself in a global spotlight as interventions from the United States and Russia have made the country into a sinister chess match between super powers.

With the United States funding Syrian rebels (SNC) and Russia supporting the Assad regime unrest and violent outbursts have exponentially increased. Each funding airstrikes against one another with no clear benefit forces many people to speculate the rationale behind what is becoming a neo-Cold War clash between two overly powerful militaries. The European Union strongly speculates that Russia is purposefully creating turmoil to force refugees into the continent in hopes to potentially destabilize social structures for European nations. This international conflict is seemingly identical to that of the Soviet-Afghan war where the United States funded the Sunni Mujaheddin to over throw the Russian supported Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (more like proletarian socialist Republic). The outcome of this conflict resulted in a war torn Afghanistan and the subsequent evolution of Al Qaeda and the modernly known Taliban.

The true intentions of the United States in Syria are undeniably unclear as we support multiple insurgent groups who oppose each other. It's as if Russia and the US are utilizing the Syrian civil war to test their fire power on one another without directly declaring war. With a death toll recently hitting 250,000 people the gun show has gone on long enough. These are peoples lives we are talking about and decisions are made in the US for these people as if they were just another figure. We truly need to wake up and smell the napalm or else the world will burn to the ground we sleep in America blind and tranquil.