So after reading a little about the situation in Syria, I think that I would support the rebels.  I think that, living in a democratic country, I am probably biased against anything other than democracy.  Even so, I think that democracy has proven itself to be a good system and that any nation who wants democracy should have it.  The evidence against the Assad regime seems pretty damning too.  They're not taking peace suggestions, the military is in the streets with children and civilians, and they are not releasing the prisoners they say they are.  The Syrian government controls the media and public life of the citizens, and the citizens are sick of it.  It doesn't seem like much of a presidency to me if the presidency is automatically handed down from father to son, and they stay in power for a total of forty years, instead of switching out power every few years like the united states does.  I also think the fact the their leader refuses to step down, even with his own people and the whole european union calling for it, further reveals that this is not a real presidency.  After all, in the united states can't we impeach and get rid of our president if we would like? Even if I might side with the rebels, I do not think that the United States should get involved.  I do not think it is our fight.  I think that the country needs to work this out within themselves.  Besides, they are not even officially at civil war yet, so our interference would



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