Syria

So from what I understand, the killings in Syria started with protestors started challenging the government. The government's response is to kill their own civilians? It's really baffling to me that their government thought that murder was the best solution to the problem. Especially since now they've started a civil war. 

From the article "9 questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask" on The Washington Post, the writer brings up the fact that there are protests in lots a places and questions why it went so wrong in Syria. My theory with what I know is that its because of the dictator, Assad, and his connections with the Muslim Brotherhood. With how strict and psychopathic the radical Islamics are, it doesn't really surprise me. But Mr. Fisher (the author of the article) believes that the reason for the mass killings can't be pinned onto one thing. Syria has been a time bomb waiting to go off for decades and something about the protests in 2011 set it off. There is no arguing that the Syrian government overreacted to these protests but even then Assad learned this act of punishment from his father. 

One of the theories Mr. Fisher addresses to why Syria spiraled so quickly was because of the Fareed Zakaria case, where the CNN anchor recorded a video for a blogger explaining why he feels the US should NOT get involved in Syria's domestic problems. The other theory is just that the Assad regime was not sustainable and it was just on its downfall. 

Now for more recent events, I don't think Obama should be involved in Syria's problem. I'm sure we will have issues with getting natural resources in that area (assuming we get any from over there) but I would rather pay more for gas than piss off the Syrian's and radical Islamics. I'm sure there are so many more reasons that go too in-depth and are too complicated for me to understand but that's my two cents on Syria.