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Syria, A great country with great people is going through one of the worst crises our modern world has ever seen. This country is going through a civil war between what mostly everyone calls a terrible man Bashar al-Assad, and the Syrian Resistance group. This revolution started due to simple want of change from the Ba’ath party and dislike of their new leader al-Assad. Protests started to break out all over syria instigating change in the government so what the government decided to do was answer back with military power. The Syrian army started bombing different cities in order to stop this uprising but that just created the FSA (Free Syrian Army) to try and stop this terrible inhumane way of life in Syria.

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There has been great controversy here in the United States weather or not we should intervene in the “Syrian Uprising” and both sides have really great points but I just don't think we should get ourselves involved in a war that isn't ours. Yes we have done it before in countries like Korea and that was successful but what if it was another Vietnam? The only real reason the United States wants to intervene is for oil and to establish democracy around the world. But is it worth potentially loosing thousands of American troops for some oil? To some the answer is yes but to me its no. If the United States intervenes it would just make more enemies and most likely end up loosing thousands of troops over a war that has nothing to do with us. 

Although it would help end the war in Syria in my opinion its just not worth it. If in fact this war ends up spreading into other countries like an article on Spokesman.com says might happen then maybe U.S. involvement would be necessary but only if close allied countries are involved. There are great benefits if involvement in Syria goes as planned like improve relations with Turkey and Qatar or If the U.S. trains the FSA we could have some one to fight Al Qaeda with us but what if things go wrong? 

We are just recovering from a recession and a debt worth over ten trillion 

We are just recovering from a recession and a debt worth over ten trillion dollars. The U.S. simply cannot afford to intervene in Syria’s civil war. The intervention in Libya cost over a billion dollars and an intervention in Syria could cost much more. We can’t afford to spend money we don't have on something that may or may not be for our benefit. We just got done with the longest war in American history (which really wasn’t a complete success) and we want to involve ourself in another. When U.S. forces were sent to Lebanon in 1982 they were quickly pulled out in 1983 because of the bombing of the Marine barracks. That was the day with the highest death toll in a single day for the U.S. since the end of the Vietnam War.

In conclusion the united states should not intervene in Syria for not only American deaths but also economically we cannot afford it. We are dealing with too much here at home that should be settled first before we get involved in other countries business. If anything the we should move into Syria after the FSA gains power only to help rebuild the country and help establish a democracy. Any allies that can be gained if we intervene immediately will eventually become allies regardless unless a third world war breaks out which is highly unlikely.

works cited

Rubin, Trudy. "Trudy Rubin: U.S. Involvement in Syria Is Risky - but May Be Necessary to end war." Spokesman.com. The Spokesman-Review, 07 Nov. 2012. Web. 8 Nov. 2012. <http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/nov/07/trudy-rubin-us-involvement-in-syria-is-risky-but/>.

Boot, Michael Doran And Max. "5 Reasons to Intervene in Syria Now." The New York Times. The New York Times, 27 Sept. 2012. Web. 08 Nov. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/opinion/5-reasons-to-intervene-in-syria-now.html>.

Brooks, Mo. "U.S. cannot afford to intervene in Syria's civil war." Thehill.com. 25 July 2012. 08 Nov. 2012 <http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/239971-us-cannot-afford-to-ntervene-in-syrias-civil-war>.3

Katulis, Brian. "A Syrian Intervention Need Not Be Military-Focused." US News. 2 Feb. 2012. U.S.News & World Report. 08 Nov. 2012 <http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/should-the-us-intervene-in-syria-with-military-action/a-syrian-intervention-need-not-be-military-focused>.