Did the U.S actually help?

As it is known to many of us, this past Friday the Trump administration authorized the launch of 59 missiles to a Syrian military airfield. It is said that this was in retaliation against the chemical attack that took place killing many civilians earlier in the week. Although they say it is in retaliation, civilians and soldiers were killed as result of the missile launches from the U.S. It was reported that 13 individuals died during the incident. Now although Trump stated that this incident is in the "vital national security interest" and hopes “all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria. And also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types.” it seems rather contradicting that he hopes to end the terrorism by inflicting a form of terrorism and as a result killed numerous innocent individuals. 

It is difficult to believe that these actions being taken are going to help any of the Syrian people, it is only going to further complications between the U.S and other countries who are involved in this situation. Another result of this incident is now putting American troops who are stationed in Syria at a high risk of danger. This situation puts many innocent individuals at danger and only furthers the complications in Syria. I think that we should take a deeper look into how we can help Syrian refugees in America rather than initiating more conflict.


Works Cited:

• Lamothe, D., Ryan, M., & Gibbons-Neff, T. (2017, April 07). U.S. strikes Syrian military airfield in first direct assault on Bashar al-Assad's government. Retrieved April 09, 2017, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-weighing-military-options-following-chemical-weapons-attack-in-syria/2017/04/06/0c59603a-1ae8-11e7-9887-1a5314b56a08_story.html?utm_term=.86fb3a9275ed