In the world there are many unpleasant actions that have occurred over time. Some are more severe than others, so people attempt to classify certain situations. In genocide there are many stages for the situation to be considered genocide. Right now there have been some debates regarding if the situation in Syria is considered a civil war or genocide. However, intervention may not be the best choice because there are chances of creating more problems for Syria and themselves. Syria itself doesn’t seem to fit all the categories of genocide therefore it shouldn’t be a situation we should intervene. Syria is a tragic situation; however it isn’t genocide so it is not necessary for the United States to get involved and pull even more people into the troubles in Syria.
The start of the civil war in Syria was due to Bashar al Assad. As his regime started in 2011 of March, the people were unsatisfied with him. Therefore protests again Assad had occurred, and his way to deal with the situation was with force. Assad only wants the small minority that supports him and wipe out the majority that opposes him. Those who protest are supporters of democracy. The people were tired of their abuse of power to oppress the people. Then the civil war occurred which led to many bloodsheds. The regime respond to the protest brutally therefore leading to this disaster.
In Syria, the people are separated into two groups: supporters of Assad and those opposing Assad. However unlike genocide’s classification stage, the people aren’t distinguished by a certain nationality or race. In Assad’s attack there may be some certain races that had more deaths than others however Assad’s intent is not only to wipe out one group of individuals. The United States ...
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