This article was published by the CNN Wire Staff and published on Monday September 10th, 2012. The article is titled "U.N.: Time to stop waiting for Syria to end war", and is obviously about the U.N.`s thoughts about the situation in Syria now and plans to end it. This article starts with talking about what has become of Syria through these last months of fighting, the 'norm' of society has become rape and murder. Listed in this article are many separate reports detailing the violent crimes taking place in Syria. These include bombings, hundreds of death`s, non stop violence. The article also posts video`s within it, which are news reports about the violence, even one video where Senator John McCain criticizes Barack Obama over the Syria situation. Syria has also even attacked people outside their country. They launched an attack on Iraq, killing dozens.
The situation in Syria is a deeply troubling one. This conflict has been going on since March 2011, and sprouted from the Arab Spring, which was a wave of protests throughout Arab countries. The U.N. has not stepped in and done enough work to end the Syrian conflict, in my opinion. This has been a brutal civil war that has caused the death of thousands of people, and the U.N. has not stopped it. I`m not saying that they can just walk into Syria and end it, the article talks about how hard their job is, but they need to do a better job. I agree with this article, and am happy that the U.N. has decided to step up their effort.
The original article:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/10/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
Fundamentally, the UN's efforts do need to be 'stepped up', but even if the are, what actual change could they bring to Syria? We've seen it time and time again, the UN's efforts are marred by bureaucratic inefficiency and unfortunately the interest of impartiality is often lost when the United States (world HQ of the UN) believes contrary to the 'right thing to do'. Another thing wrong with the UN as a whole, is that no matter what, 'peacekeepers' are trained soldiers FIRST. They are military personnel representing their country, and as we've seen in various wars, issues of misconduct and misfire almost always happen.
ReplyDeleteWould I love to see rape and murder vanish the streets of Damascus? Absolutely, but thousands of people getting killed in the process doesn't sound like much of a step up in terms of game plan. But again, that's just my two cents.
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I agree with Saad and Andrew that the UN's effort definitely needs to be "stepped up". I believe that even though some of the UN's efforts in the past have not been as effective as they would have liked, change still occurred. I think that the UN needs to do something, and quickly because it will create some kind of change! Unfortunately, in order to see rape and murder vanish, there will be kind of sacrifice in the process, however, I believe it must be done.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Justin Laird