Controversial Topic: Military Action in Syria

It's obvious that there are many people all over the world that would like to see the Syrian government "pay" for the completely uncalled for attacks on its own people using chemical weapons on August 21. However every time the question of war comes up there are also many people who say violence and retaliation are the last resort to a response to global, or slightly downscaled, stately threat, by "many people" I mean about 53% of Americans do not support the bombing of Syria. Some of the main players in this topic of controversy are first off the U.N (United Nations) who are made up of many nations that decide what international law is and how to handle situations on an international level. They do not necessarily support any absolute military action from the U.S. or Britain. The next main players of the Syrian conflict are Syria, Russia, China, and basically most of the Middle East. There is little doubt that nothing will be done to punish the Syrian government, however it must be decided the scale at which to invade the country, or punish its leaders who made the decision to send chemical bombs to suburbs or Damascus. One thing to be taken into consideration, although probably has not been, is the civil war that has been ravaging the country since the Arab Spring starting in 2010. The Syrian crisis or civil war started in March of 2011 with popular protests and by April these demonstrations had grown nationwide. Now as of June 2013 the death toll has surpassed 100,000 according to the U.N. with casualties and MIA's on both sides. This uprising should be taken into consideration because the fact that this chemical bombing isn't the first of various attacks on the public shows that it probably also wont be the last. Another important aspect that should be taken into consideration is that Russia and China are the main powers backing the Syrian government. With allies of such power it makes the decision of the U.S. to intervene in this conflict much more difficult, due to the possibility of Russia bombing or invading the U.S. 

The U.N is collecting data and investigating the bombings and they have asked for more time to determine exactly what happened. However they were given instructions to do nothing more than determine whether chemical weapons were used and on what magnitude. 

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In my opinion, for military action to take place in Syria a very unnecessary outcome would ensue. When war, or national conflict in general takes place many people are likely to die. For the U.S. government and the international government (U.N.) to take as much time as they have to consider all the possible outcomes of attacking/punishing Syria, they have shown to the public that there really is no easy way to deal with such a catastrophic event, which does have the capability to become a much bigger event with a much greater loss of life. One thing that has taken a lot of time is the consideration of Syria having allies like Russia and China, two global superpowers. We don't know and hopefully never will know the true magnitude of the possible war that could come about if the U.S. attacks Syria because they went against the political norm and broke international law. In essence what I'm saying is the United States should not have the jurisdiction to punish another country because of a choice they made. Looking back at World War II the U.S. had to be almost forced into war with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. So what has changed since then? I think the U.S. government feels more like they have a "social" (on an international scale) responsibility to take specific action every time a distress signal has been sent. If action isn't taken by someone, whether it's the U.S. or the U.N. or another country, Bashar al-Assad does have the capability to not only attack his own people again but also defend his country from outside forces. So what will happen? If Assad does bomb his people again, will more die from that rather than if the U.S. blows up strategic military supplies that would keep the Syrians from hurting its own people again? Lets hope there is a right decision and the U.S. doesn't make the wrong one.