On Syria

Currently the situation in Syria is still a bit troublesome, with the U.S. and Russia taking their own sides in this conflict, with the U.S. supporting the rebels and Russia supporting the current government. Although I am in favor that the people should take over when a government is a dictatorship that cannot be tolerated, I cannot condone the C.I.A. sending weapons to the Syrian rebels. This current situation seems like another Iraq and Afghanistan with strong world powers using this as another proxy war. For example Russia invaded Afghanistan intending to take more land, but the C.I.A. sent millions of dollars in weaponry to the Mujahideen in order to stop that from ever happening. Russia lost the conflict and the Mujahideen won, but the outcome was far greater. The C.I.A. may have knowingly or unknowingly sent weapons to Osama Bin Laden funding one of the prime players in the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. The world and its people expect America to do something acting like the world police when it should have never have been in the first place. Although selfish, the United States should look out for itself as a country first than help others in need.