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Is there a solution to the conflict in Syria?

The civil war in Syria has been an ongoing conflict in the country for the past two and a half years. Essentially, the war involves several groups and organizations in the struggle to topple the Syrian government and take the country's president Bashar al-Assad out of power. This dark period in the country's history has left millions displaced, with some either relocated to vast tent communities or fleeing to seek refuge in neighbouring countries. Although the world has known of what has been occurring since the very beginning, western intervention didn't become a possibility until the August 21 chemical attacks.

Only a week after the attacks, the United States under the Obama administration had navy fleets in the Mediterranean awaiting executive order from the president. With an apparent plan to strike strategic locations to weaken the Assad “regime,” alarms went off in the international community as it appeared that America was poised to enter into yet another conflict in the Middle East without either congressional approval or any sort of agreement through a formal meeting between the permanent members of the UN Security Council (China, France, Russia, U.K. and the U.S.) Although it is no question that chemical weapons were used and action had to be taken, there are a number of questionable aspects to this entire situation.

Immediately, it seems, the U.S. pointed the blame for the attacks towards Assad. As such, the mainstream media spread the accusation and thus the general population holds the idea that Assad alone is to blame for these attacks. Our own Canadian media has spread this accusation without the slightest bit of speculation much as it does with everything else.

The fact of the matter is that the American government pointed blame with virtually no evidence of Assad's role in the attacks. They have yet to come forth with any physical proof of the “regimes” involvement in the attacks. Meanwhile, literal streams of information have leaked out from many different sources that point to the rebel opposition as being the actual perpetrators in the attack. The same rebel forces which have been armed by America and the United Kingdom. Not only have anonymous rebels come forward to confess, claiming they were unaware of the nature of the weapons, but countries like Turkey have caught rebels attempting to smuggle chemical weapons into Syria. Syrian Armed Forces have even found rebel bases where chemical weapons were found. The proof is overwhelming. Still, the U.S. stands by its empty claims and the mainstream media reinforces American propaganda.

As it stands, the only significant countries that currently support American intervention are Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. It is worth noting that with America in serious debt, Saudi Arabia has graciously offered to finance an American intervention. Israel has also claimed it is in imminent danger, even calling Obama a coward for his most recent bout of indecision. Considering these geographically convenient allies, one must consider a fundamental question: Cui Bono? To whose benefit?
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