How a Military Strike Might Unfold

I choose to look at this article because it deals with the crisis in Syria that has been in the news a lot lately. There has been a lot of talk about another war and debates about whether or not American interference in yet another international country dealing with a civil war should happen.

This article brings in both international politics and predictions of the mass media on strikes that could possibly be carried out in Syria.

I think international coverage of politics is very interesting. After reading this article, I realized that international predictions are so different than domestic political predictions. Internationally, there are so many countries with deep rooted histories and ties with each other and relations that these countries have goes back decades if not centuries before America was even named.

These political leaders, especially in the Middle East, are in control and very powerful. Also the media availability in most of the counties is also state run. Therefore, everyone is not privileged to freedom of media as a lot of other European countries and America are.  There is not a freedom of the media to investigate the actions of their government; therefore, more goes unknown until it is publicly carried out and too late- i.e. Syria chemical weapons attack. I do think that one of the main reasons for journalism is to be able to flush out what needs to be flushed out like in government and politics in order for the American citizens to make an informed decision for themselves, even though this usually doesn’t happen unfortunately.

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/31/how-a-military-strike-on-syria-might-unfold/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/31/statement-president-syria