President Obama's Position on Syria

On Tuesday, September 10th, 2013, President Barack Obama delivered a fifteen-minute, nationally televised speech, in which he stated his position on the crisis in Syria. In short, he has made the decision that the United States is going to respond to the attacks in Syria with a "targeted military strike" in an effort to end their use of chemical weapons. While many US citizens are skeptical about the President's plan, I happen to agree with it. Throughout his speech, he continuously referred to the idea of the US helping out other countries, even if it's not necessary. A lot of people are upset over that very idea because they feel that this isn't our country's place to get involved. I can see why they would think that we shouldn't get involved in something that doesn't concern us, but that's just it; it should concern us. Anytime there's something we can do to help others, no matter what country they're from, we should do it. I want peace just as much, if not more, than the next person, but I don't think it would be right to ignore a problem that we're aware of. For as much pride and integrity as our nation has, I think it's almost expected for us to step up and help those less fortunate than us. We can't just sit back and let innocent people continue to be tortured and killed by gas and other chemicals. President Obama is right; we need to at least try to help Syria because, even though we live in different countries, we all live in the same world, and we all want to live healthy and happy lives.