How Will the Syrian War End?
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Putin prefers strong leadership and Trump may have retaliated with the missile attacks to show his fearlessness. Trump may have created more controversy, albeit there are multiple assumptions of his actual intent. There are questions of the authenticity of his word and the statements of Malak Chabkoun regarding Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her concern with the chemical attacks on Syrian civilian’s. Could Donald Trump have been initiating the attacks in part to alleviate his daughter’s distress (Aljazeera, 2017)? Does Trump have another agenda with Russia? Why wasn’t the FSA warned of the impending attack, as Russia was? With quick retaliation followed by criticism, Trump’s response does not give any clear indication of his plans with Syria. If the United States withdraws from involvement in the war, President Donald Trump will be ridiculed and the media will exaggerate. Syria will become a worse battleground than prior to Trump’s involvement; his mission of eliminating President Bashar al-Assad will have been for nothing since he later mentions that was no longer a priority. With President Bashar al-Assad back in power, Syria will continue to crumble, more innocent civilians will be killed at his hand and dangerous factions across the area will rise again. With more and more fighting in war-torn Syria it will raise casualties of war. Homelessness and poverty stricken citizens already face many challenges just to stay alive. They must find shelter and food just to survive this messy civil war. They will have it even worse than before (Mundy, 2017). Syria’s government and country will be destroyed; depending on who gains control of Syria, the United States will become a retaliatory