The Middle East turmoil is growing as protests have occurred in Cairo, Egypt and Kabul, Afghanistan with an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Libya. Four Americans died in the U.S. Embassy attack in Libya, one being the U.S. Ambassador to Libya. The question is how to deal with these situations. Obviously, the U.S. is not going to go to war with Libya because of a few individuals' aggression towards them. War is not an inherently good thing. War is a process for resolution that should be used as infrequently as possible. War is not an option in this scenario. The solution to this problem begins with finding out how and why it happened. The Libyan government and the Obama Administration are disagreeing as to how these attack were spurred. This is
needs to be resolved. After understanding why these attacks occurred, the second part of the solution is making sure that this never happens again. If removing the embassy and all personnel needs to be done, that should be done. All peaceful solutions that include the safety of Americans and our liberty should be done.
The violence was sparked by a hateful anti-Muslim video, but the problem runs much deeper than that. U.S. citizens in general do not understand the Muslim faith and culture. Most Americans do not understand just how important their faith is to them, and those that think they understand use it as a point of ridicule and disdain. The video may have been the spark, but sadly there was plenty of fuel laid there over the course of many years.
ReplyDeleteFrom the articles I have read and the videos I have been watching the anti-American movement that has been happening, particularly in the mideast, was not sparked by the anti-Muslim video made by Americans. A couple reasons are: widespread protest and rioting across the mideast, unrest coinciding with the anniversary of September 11, the riots/protests were planned, and the anti-Muslim video has been out for a couple months. No, swelling tension and terrorism were a large part, if not the whole reason, for the turmoil.
Delete