Dictators Before Him Would Be Proud

  -Urban warfare. The very idea conjures up films like Red Dawn of fighting through homes and gardens to ultimately gain control. It is also something that is surrounding the Syrian Capital of Homs . The city has been split into two half's. One side is by the brutal dictator, while the other is held by the Syrian Rebels. Kurt Volk says that this incident in becoming like another Bosnia With treaty's broken, innocent people killed, and the mindless violence, it is becoming a war.

For years, the capital of Syria, Damascus, has been a thriving place, but in the past year, it has been a war zone against the Presidents Military Forces and the People, who have been branded with the name Rebels. The conflict began sometime ago. It plays in this format. Now the people have never always been happy with the treatment they have been given, but they always remained loyal to their leaders, but the final chord was struck when several children, according to the week news, were arrested and taken off to Damascus without the parents knowledge.

  According to a video called Syria, the horrors of war, in the  years the protest have turned for peaceful  into an all out war. The protesters only asked for human rights, but the President has responded in violence. With missile strikes, soldiers and the infomas secret police killing anyone they see to be a rebel, the president himself has turned into a war criminal. With those that the Presidents Regime capture are taken to hospitals and are tortured by doctors and solider even if they have no links to the rebellion. They use methods of electrocution and other method that would turn the U.N. on its head.

  In terms of Politics, everyone is at a stand still. So far, neither the U.N. or NATO has any plans to intervene. President Bashal grow stronger every day, but it is not clear if we should involve our own country into the war. But without some sort of intervention, the Red cross can not access the area, leaving thousand injured and unable to attend hospitals due to the danger. What the president has done to these people is clearly a war crime, but politicians have their head in a hole hoping that it will blow over like a flu. It can not work this way, but it is unclear what should be done

  The question we are left with is this. Should the U.N. and U. S. intervene to bring peace? Should we leave the Syrian people to figure it out for themselves? Yes and No. In time of a war when the live of young children and families are being taken, it is time to remember that the war in Afghanistan is a load of crap and that there is a real war with a real problem. We can not leave this to the contry it self because look at how Bashal is handling it. There is no more room for excuse. We need to do something before it is too late for Syria.











Sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63a1vKJLN10 This source cover the topic of tourture of rebels.

The Horror of Homs (street fighting in Syria):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyQIv5wyYGE&feature=related This source was used to discuss the fighting.

Time for the West to Intervene in Syria?: http://theweek.com/article/briefing_blog/296/syrias-uprising This source was used to describe the possibility of intervention in the war