Disaster. Chaos. War.

All these words describe what is happening in Syria today.

Innocent people scared and worried because they never know what is going to happen in their country next. The biggest threat of all is Bashar Al-Assad. Bashar Al-Assad is the destructive and powerful Syrian president. Ever since since he used chemical weapons he has been watched. People are under so much pressure, they are experiencing nothing like no other countries. They have experienced an outbreak of Polio, many inspectors destroying or inspecting chemical weapon sites, and more than 40% of Syria are in need of assistance. Thousands...possibly millions of people are hungry and sick wanting to desperately breathe and live as much as possible in the streets of Syria which has changed in the past 3 years. The UN and other leaders have tried to take action by trying to finalize a decision about what they are going to do about Syria which can make a huge difference in what Syria will be like in the future, but they keep postponing and arguing about everything. So with all this going on, how will Syria become how it used to be? The answer is that the UN and other political leaders should take a big stand and agree on something and end Bashar Al-Assad’s presence and reduce the pain that the innocent Syrians are experience.

Currently Syria is under nothing anyone imagined it to be. In mid-November, Syria had experienced an outbreak of Polio or Poliomyelitis, which is a viral disease that can affect nerves and can lead to partial or full paralysis. Polio was actually not expected to occur in Syria, but now thousands of Syrians are affected by Polio and many of them are dying. In one New York Times article, it said that Syria was experiencing a massive extinction of their people! To go with the Polio disease, more than 40% of Syria’s population are in need of assistance whether they need shelter, food, or water.

Many Syrians are also dying because there is not enough resources to keep them alive in Syria. With all this going, on some Syrian are leaving to other areas/neighbors of Syria so they can live at refugee camps. Other articles say that some Syrians are scared for two reasons: They are afraid of another Bashar Al-Assad attack and they are nervous of the inspectors in town inspecting or destroying the chemical weapons sites. With all this mess going on, Syrian people are under something that they can’t control and are trying to survive as much as possible.

“Twenty-one Syrian sites had been declared neutralized by the inspectors last week, along with all the mixing equipment the Syrians had declared, but the final two sites had been considered too dangerous to visit because of the war,” a New York Times article said. Now though, one of last two have been cleared and there is only one more site to go. This would be amazing for the inspectors because they would be finished with all the 23 chemical weapons sites that they have been inspecting and destroying ever since Bashar Al-Assad launched a chemical weapons attack on the people of Syria.

However, the UN and country leaders are trying to organize a meeting in Geneva (in which they will talk about what they are going to do in Syria to stop the crisis and end Mr.Assad), but nobody can agree on anything. For example, people are disagreeing on whether Iran should go to the meeting or not. Along with that, people there are also disagreeing on other specific details within the meeting like the date and time. So far, articles say that the meeting will most likely occur next year and that there is a slim chance of a meeting to occur in 2013. However, in one article it said that Mr.Assad’s term will end in mid 2014, but he is going to run for reelection. This means that even if something happens they have to do it quickly and efficiently right when Mr.Assad’s term ends. Nowadays, inspectors are working hard to clear the last dangerous chemical weapons site.

I personally think that the faster they agree on the date, time, and who is going to the Geneva meeting the better. This is because if they keep delaying and arguing about things, then they are not going to get anywhere with this. Also, Mr.Assad was cooperating suspiciously to an agreement of destroying the chemical weapons sites as said in one article...and that might mean something because Mr.Assad may or may not have something up his sleeve. I think that there is nothing bad that is going to happen because Mr.Assad is in a bad position so I think he will just stall time and hope for the best because he is going nowhere as of now. So basically, I think that the leaders should just finish everything up and get this Geneva meeting away and not waste anymore time.

Political leaders and the UN are trying to make a change in Syria and end this crisis. Syria has changed in the past few years. It used to be a calm, peaceful, and beautiful place. Now it is a dangerous, scary, and harmful place to be. From most people being healthy to over 40% of Syria’s population needing assistance, from a disease free place to a Polio spreading country, Syria has changed to a place that no one would possibly imagined and it is all under the hands of Mr.Assad. So UN and political leaders, take a big stand. Take action. Take control. Because if you postpone everything than Mr.Assad has more time to plan and the innocent Syrians will be in more pain. BE A HERO AND A LIFE SAVER!