US special forces launch rare attack inside Syria

Today US military forces launched a very rare attack into Syrian territory close to the border with Iraq. Written by Albert Aji from the Associated Press this articles describes a raid conducted by special forces on al-Qaida linked foreign fighters moving through Syria into Iraq. "Syria condemns this aggression and holds the American forces responsible for this aggression and all its repercussions. Syria also calls on the Iraqi government to shoulder its responsibilities and launch and immediate investigation into this serious violation and prevent the use of Iraqi territory for aggression against Syria," This is a quote from the government issued statement from Syria. As a result of the attack many Syrian civilians have been injured and killed, including four dead children. I am very concerned with this news. I think it is out of our authority as a nation to go into another country without permission and kill civilians in an attempt to curtail al-Qaida traffic through Syria. American government officials tried to support the attacks by saying things like,"We are taking matters into our own hands" and, "The one piece of the puzzle we have not been showing success on is the nexus in Syria". I think that we should not just be allowed to go into other countries and just do what we want because we want to. It is things like this that make so many other countries hate the US. I just think it is sad that we do things like this. The right way to go about this would have been to get the cooperation of the Syrian government and then this trouble could have been avoided. To read the full article click here.