Violence continues in Syria, as ISIS keeps pushing for Islamic power in the Middle East. In this article: Congress Gets Ready to Arm Syrian Rebels, we learn that Obama has proposed a plan to arm Syrian rebels to fight against the terrorist group, and that the US House of Representatives is now debating it.
The Senate being mostly democrats is expected to approve of the plan as well as the majority of the House of Representatives. One House speaker, Boehner, says that he agrees with Obama's plan but argues that we need to take it even further. He thinks Obama's plan is not strong enough, and we need more than just dropping bombs and training a few Iraqis and Syrians.
Despite everyone in favor of sending weapons to Syria there are a few who are worried this will blow up into a fully-fledged war, requiring large numbers of US troops. Maryland State Representative Steny Hoyer says, "I don't think train and equip is the principal concern. The principal concern is deploying American men and women, spending a large sum of money, prosecuting a war."
This is article is definitely relevant to the interest of anyone who lives in the US seeing as our tax dollars and loved ones are at stake. I personally know someone who is joining the military soon, and may have to fight in this "war". It's a tragedy to see so much violence in this part of the world and to see so much money being used to kill one another. Let us think carefully about these kind of political events.
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